Term Name: defense response to symbiont
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Definition: Reactions triggered in response to the presence of a symbiont that act to protect or prevent damage to the host.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0140546]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: defense response to other organism
has subtype: antimicrobial humoral response clearance of foreign intracellular nucleic acids host defense response against symbiont-mediated perturbation of plasma membrane integrity innate immune response jasmonic acid and ethylene-dependent systemic resistance killing by host of symbiont cells positive regulation of phytoalexin biosynthetic process suppression of symbiont entry into host symbiont-induced defense-related programmed cell death systemic acquired resistance