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Intermine data mining platform for C. elegans and related nematodes

GO Term : GO:0019961 interferon binding GO

Namespace  molecular_function Obsolete  false
Description  Binding to an interferon, a protein produced by the immune systems of many animals in response to a challenge by a foreign agent.

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1 Ontology

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GO

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5 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0003674 molecular_function A molecular process that can be carried out by the action of a single macromolecular machine, usually via direct physical interactions with other molecular entities. Function in this sense denotes an action, or activity, that a gene product (or a complex) performs.
GO:0005488 binding The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule.
GO:0005515 protein binding Binding to a protein.
GO:0019955 cytokine binding Binding to a cytokine, any of a group of proteins that function to control the survival, growth and differentiation of tissues and cells, and which have autocrine and paracrine activity.
GO:0019961 interferon binding Binding to an interferon, a protein produced by the immune systems of many animals in response to a challenge by a foreign agent.

11 Relations

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Child Term . Identifier
has part GO:0019961 GO:0004904
has part GO:0019961 GO:0004905
has part GO:0019961 GO:0004906
is_a GO:0019955 GO:0019961
is_a GO:0005515 GO:0019961
is_a GO:0003674 GO:0019961
is_a GO:0005488 GO:0019961
is_a GO:0019961 GO:0019962
is_a GO:0019961 GO:0019964
is_a GO:0019961 GO:0034347
has part GO:0019961 GO:0034348

1 Synonyms

Name Type
IFN binding synonym