defense response

Term ID

GO:0006952

Synonyms

antimicrobial peptide activity
defence response
defense/immunity protein activity
physiological defense response

Definition

Reactions, triggered in response to the presence of a foreign body or the occurrence of an injury, which result in restriction of damage to the organism attacked or prevention/recovery from the infection caused by the attack.

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

Relationships

has parts: defense response by callose deposition in cell wall respiratory burst involved in defense response

defense response by callose deposition in cell wall respiratory burst involved in defense response Show first 5 Terms
is a type of: response to stress

response to stress Show first 5 Terms
has subtype: behavioral defense response cellular defense response defense response by callose deposition defense response by cell wall thickening defense response to other organism ... Show All 7 Terms

behavioral defense response cellular defense response defense response by callose deposition defense response by cell wall thickening defense response to other organism defense response to tumor cell inflammatory response Show first 5 Terms
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of defense response

negative regulation of defense response Show first 5 Terms
positively regulated by: positive regulation of defense response

positive regulation of defense response Show first 5 Terms
regulated by: regulation of defense response

regulation of defense response Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype caused by Genes