FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term defense response to symbiont ID (Ontology) GO:0140546 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Reactions triggered in response to the presence of a symbiont that act to protect or prevent damage to the host.
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                            defense response to other organism
                             |__defense response to symbiont  435 rec.
                                 |__antimicrobial humoral response 132 rec.
                                 |   |__antibacterial humoral response(+) 75 rec.
                                 |   |__antifungal humoral response(+) 19 rec.
                                 |   |__antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide(+) 86 rec.
                                 |   |__regulation of antimicrobial humoral response(+) 92 rec.
                                 |__clearance of foreign intracellular nucleic acids
                                 |   |__clearance of foreign intracellular DNA(+)
                                 |   |__clearance of foreign intracellular RNA
                                 |   |__CRISPR-cas system
                                 |__host defense response against symbiont-mediated perturbation of plasma membrane integrity
                                 |__innate immune response 368 rec.
                                 |   |__age-related resistance(+)
                                 |   |__antibacterial innate immune response 2 rec.
                                 |   |__antifungal innate immune response(+) 13 rec.
                                 |   |__antiviral innate immune response 5 rec.
                                 |   |__complement activation, alternative pathway(+)
                                 |   |__complement activation, GZMK pathway
                                 |   |__complement activation, lectin pathway(+)
                                 |   |__hemolymph coagulation 8 rec.
                                 |   |__host-mediated suppression of symbiont invasion 4 rec.
                                 |   |__induced systemic resistance(+)
                                 |   |__innate immune response in mucosa
                                 |   |__innate immunity memory response(+)
                                 |   |__melanization defense response(+) 58 rec.
                                 |   |__natural killer cell activation involved in immune response(+)
                                 |   |__natural killer cell mediated immunity(+)
                                 |   |__plant-type hypersensitive response(+)
                                 |   |__regulation of innate immune response(+) 177 rec.
                                 |   |__response to type I interferon(+)
                                 |   |__response to type II interferon(+)
                                 |   |__response to type III interferon(+)
                                 |   |__RNAi-mediated antiviral immune response(+) 5 rec.
                                 |__jasmonic acid and ethylene-dependent systemic resistance
                                 |   |__ethylene biosynthesis involved in jasmonic acid and ethylene-dependent systemic resistance
                                 |   |__jasmonic acid and ethylene-dependent systemic resistance, ethylene mediated signaling pathway
                                 |   |__response to jasmonic acid stimulus involved in jasmonic acid and ethylene-dependent systemic resistance(+)
                                 |__killing by host of symbiont cells
                                 |   |__cytolysis by host of symbiont cells
                                 |   |__neutrophil-mediated killing of symbiont cell(+)
                                 |__positive regulation of phytoalexin biosynthetic process
                                 |   |__positive regulation of camalexin biosynthetic process
                                 |__suppression of symbiont entry into host
                                 |__symbiont-induced defense-related programmed cell death
                                 |   |__plant-type hypersensitive response(+)
                                 |__systemic acquired resistance
                                     |__regulation of systemic acquired resistance(+)
                                     |__systemic acquired resistance, salicylic acid mediated signaling pathway
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