Term Name: negative regulation of defense response
Synonyms: down regulation of defense response, down-regulation of defense response, downregulation of defense response, inhibition of defense response
Definition: Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of a defense response.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0031348]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: biological regulation negative regulation of response to stimulus regulation of defense response
has subtype: negative regulation of antimicrobial humoral response negative regulation of behavioral fear response negative regulation of cellular defense response negative regulation of defense response to bacterium negative regulation of defense response to insect negative regulation of defense response to oomycetes negative regulation of defense response to virus negative regulation of inflammatory response negative regulation of innate immune response negative regulation of systemic acquired resistance negative regulation of xenophagy
negatively regulates: defense response