symbiont-mediated evasion of mRNA degradation by host via mRNA cap methylation
An innate immune response evasion mechanism in which a symbiont methylates the 2'-O-ribose of the first or second transcribed nucleotide of its mRNAs. Methylation allows evasion of the host innate immune response, which degrades cap0 (non-methylated) mRNAs. This mechanism of immune evasion is used by viruses.
GO:0141177
symbiont-mediated evasion of recognition by host innate immune effector
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IFIT mRNA restriction evasion by virus
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evasion of mRNA degradation by host via mRNA cap methylation
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viral mRNA cap methylation
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