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Accession
GO:0006952
Name
defense response
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
defence response, physiological defense response, antimicrobial peptide activity, defense/immunity protein activity
Alternate IDs
GO:0002217, GO:0042829
Definition
Reactions, triggered in response to the presence of a foreign body or the occurrence of an injury, which result in restriction of damage to the organism attacked or prevention/recovery from the infection caused by the attack. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
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History
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Chem. react.
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Subset
None
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Parents of defense response (GO:0006952)
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defense response [is_a relation] is_a  response to stress (GO:0006950)
Children of defense response (GO:0006952)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
defense response by callose deposition (GO:0052542) [is_a relation] is_a  defense response
defense response by cell wall thickening (GO:0052482) [is_a relation] is_a  defense response
defense response by callose deposition in cell wall (GO:0052544) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  defense response
negative regulation of defense response (GO:0031348) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  defense response
behavioral defense response (GO:0002209) [is_a relation] is_a  defense response
defense response to other organism (GO:0098542) [is_a relation] is_a  defense response
cellular defense response (GO:0006968) [is_a relation] is_a  defense response
regulation of defense response (GO:0031347) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  defense response
defense response to tumor cell (GO:0002357) [is_a relation] is_a  defense response
respiratory burst involved in defense response (GO:0002679) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  defense response
inflammatory response (GO:0006954) [is_a relation] is_a  defense response
positive regulation of defense response (GO:0031349) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  defense response
symbiont-mediated perturbation of host defense response (GO:0052031) [RO:0002010 relation] RO:0002010  defense response
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