symbiont-mediated suppression of host defenses

Term ID

GO:0044414

Synonyms

• down regulation by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction
• down regulation by symbiont of host defense response
• down-regulation by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction
• down-regulation by symbiont of host defense response
• downregulation by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction
• downregulation by symbiont of host defense response
• inhibition by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction
• inhibition by symbiont of host defense response
• negative regulation by organism of defense response of other organism during symbiotic interaction
• negative regulation by organism of defense response of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction
• negative regulation by symbiont of host defense response
• negative regulation of host defenses
• suppression of defense response of other organism
• suppression of defense response of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction
• suppression of defenses of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction
• suppression of host defense response
• suppression of host defenses by symbiont

Definition

A process in which a symbiont interferes with, inhibits or disrupts the normal execution of host defense(s) by active mechanisms that normally result in the shutting down of a host pathway. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO