Term Name: RNAi-mediated antiviral immune response
Synonyms: RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity, VIGS, viral gene silencing in virus induced gene silencing, viral triggering of virus induced gene silencing, virus induced gene silencing, virus-induced gene silencing, virus-induced PTGS
Definition: A post-transcriptional gene silencing pathway mediated by the action of regulatory RNAs that protects against foreign organism invasion by restricting viral replication and dissemination.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009616]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: defense response to virus innate immune response regulatory ncRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing
has subtype: RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity against DNA virus RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity against RNA virus