Category:GO:0006952 ! defense response

name: defense response
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0002217
alt_id: GO:0042829
def: "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." [GOC:go_curators]
synonym: "antimicrobial peptide activity" RELATED []
synonym: "defence response" EXACT []
synonym: "defense/immunity protein activity" RELATED []
synonym: "physiological defense response" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006950 ! response to stress

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006952</GOterm>
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