FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

defense response to insect

ID (Ontology)

GO:0002213 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

A response to protect an organism from a directly detected or perceived external threat from an insect or insects to that organism.

Also Known As

"physiological defense response to insect"

Comment

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Annotations

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Genes
defense response to insect (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| defense response to insect

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

response to stress
 |__defense response_______________________________________________________
response to external biotic stimulus                                       |
 |__response to other organism_____________________________________________|
biological process involved in interspecies interaction between organisms  |
 |__response to other organism_____________________________________________|
                                                                           defense response to insect  9 rec.
                                                                            |__behavioral defense response to insect
                                                                            |__regulation of defense response to insect
                                                                                |__negative regulation of defense response to insect
                                                                                |__positive regulation of defense response to insect

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Relationships
Is a	defense response response to other organism
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"physiological defense response to insect" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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