symbiont-mediated perturbation of host defense response symbiont-mediated suppression of host CRISPR-cas system https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/16423 https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/18028 https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/29797 suppression of host CRISPR-cas system VZ:3962 GO:0098672 anti-CRISPR dos biological_process 2017-01-16T13:38:27Z inhibition of host CRISPR-cas system by virus CRISPR-cas system evasion by virus A process by which a symbiont inhibits or disrupts the CRISPR-cas system of its host. Bacteria and archaea use CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems to defend themselves from infection by bacteriophages (phages), and phages have various mechanisms to counter the CRISPR-cas system. evasion by virus of CRISPR-cas system