symbiont-mediated suppression of host transcription https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/26747 host transcription shutoff by virus suppression by virus of host transcription VZ:1577 A process in which a symbiont inhibits or disrupts transcription of genes into mRNA in its host. For example, symbiont proteins can interfere with host RNA polymerase or with transcription factors. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction. host transcription shut-off 2012-10-11T16:11:17Z biological_process GO:0039653 suppression by virus of host DNA-dependent transcription bf symbiont-mediated perturbation of host transcription