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Disease Resistance MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Disease Resistance
Tree Number(s)
C23.550.291.671
G12.450.564.250
G12.450.800.250
G15.630.250
Unique ID
D060467
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060467
Scope Note
The capacity of an organism to defend itself against pathological processes or the agents of those processes. This most often involves innate immunity whereby the organism responds to pathogens in a generic way. The term disease resistance is used most frequently when referring to plants.
Entry Version
DIS RESISTANCE
Entry Term(s)
Resistance, Disease
Previous Indexing
Immunity, Innate (1978-2011)
Public MeSH Note
2012; see IMMUNITY, INNATE 1979-2011
History Note
2012; use IMMUNITY, INNATE 1978-2011
Date Introduced
2012/01/01
Last Updated
2016/06/22
Disease Resistance Preferred
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