symbiont-mediated evasion of DNA end degradation by host https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/23043 https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/26686 https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/27250 VZ:3963 evasion by virus of DNA end degradation GO:0099016 biological_process evasion of DNA end degradation by host DNA end degradation evasion by virus A process by which a symbiont evades and ends degradation of its DNA when free DNA ends are exposed. DNA ends are exposed during the life cycle of some viruses and these are targeted by host cells to destroy the virus. For example, some bacteriophages encode proteins that bind to free viral DNA ends, protecting them from degradation by host exonucleases. symbiont-mediated evasion of recognition by host innate immune effector