| Term: | liver defense response to virus |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | defense response to virus |
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| Synonyms: | antiviral response, defence response to virus, defense response to viruses |
| Definition: | Reactions triggered in response to the presence of a virus that act to protect the cell or organism. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0051607] QuickGO AmiGO |