FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term defense response to other organism ID (Ontology) GO:0098542 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Reactions triggered in response to the presence of another organism that act to protect the cell or organism from damage caused by that organism.
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     involved_in | defense response to other organism
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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 other organism  443 rec.
                                                                            |__defense response to parasitic plant
                                                                            |__defense response to protozoan 6 rec.
                                                                            |__defense response to symbiont 438 rec.
                                                                            |   |__antimicrobial humoral response(+) 131 rec.
                                                                            |   |__clearance of foreign intracellular nucleic acids(+)
                                                                            |   |__host defense response against symbiont-mediated perturbation of plasma membrane integrity
                                                                            |   |__innate immune response(+) 371 rec.
                                                                            |   |__jasmonic acid and ethylene-dependent systemic resistance(+)
                                                                            |   |__positive regulation of phytoalexin biosynthetic process(+)
                                                                            |   |__suppression of symbiont entry into host
                                                                            |   |__symbiont-induced defense-related programmed cell death(+)
                                                                            |   |__systemic acquired resistance(+)
                                                                            |__xenophagy
                                                                                |__regulation of xenophagy(+)
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  • "defence response incompatible interaction" NARROW
    "defence response to pathogen, incompatible interaction" NARROW
    "defense response, incompatible interaction" NARROW
    "resistance response to pathogen" NARROW
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