clearance of foreign intracellular DNA by conversion of DNA cytidine to uridine

id: GO:0044356
name: clearance of foreign intracellular DNA by conversion of DNA cytidine to uridine
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A defense process that protects an organism from invading foreign DNA. The process begins by the deamination of foreign double-stranded DNA cytidines to uridines. These atypical DNA nucleosides are then converted by a uracil DNA glycosylase to abasic lesions, and the process ends with the degradation of the foreign DNA.

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