symbiont-mediated evasion of host restriction-modification system https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/23043 https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/26686 https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/27250 biological_process restriction-modification system evasion by virus GO:0099018 A process by which a symbiont evades the DNA restriction modification system of its host. This process occurs in phages to protein themselves from bacterial restriction enzyme systems. Some viruses encode their own methyltransferase in order to protect their genome from host restriction enzymes. Others directly inhibit restriction enzymes while some use unusual bases in their genome to avoid restriction. evasion of host restriction-modification system evasion by virus of host restriction-modification system VZ:3966 symbiont-mediated evasion of recognition by host innate immune effector