Planteome: Term Details for "encapsulation of foreign target" (GO:0035010)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0035010
Name: encapsulation of foreign target
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Events resulting in the formation of a multilayered cellular sheath surrounding an invader and thus preventing its development. This defense mechanism is often seen in insects in response to nematodes or parasitoids, which are too large to be phagocytosed by individual hemocytes. In some organisms the capsule is blackened due to melanization. Source: PMID:11846478, GOC:bf, GO_REF:0000022, PMID:12225920
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0035010 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to encapsulation of foreign target.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to encapsulation of foreign target.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for encapsulation of foreign target.
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