response to desiccation

id: GO:0009269
name: response to desiccation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a desiccation stimulus, extreme dryness resulting from the prolonged deprivation of water.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0071465cellular response to desiccation

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009414response to water deprivation