Term Information

Accession

GO:0002376

Ontology

biological process

Synonyms

None

Definition

Any process involved in the development or functioning of the immune system, an organismal system for calibrated responses to potential internal or invasive threats. [source: GOC:add, GOC:mtg_15nov05, GO_REF:0000022]

Comment

Note that this term is a direct child of 'biological_process ; GO:0008150' because some immune system processes are types of cellular process (GO:0009987), whereas others are types of multicellular organism process (GO:0032501). This term was added by GO_REF:0000022.

Subset

• goslim_pir

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External References

Wikipedia (1)

• Immune_syntem

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