The Gene Ontology
•The Gene Ontology project
provides an ontology of defined terms representing gene
product properties.
•The ontology covers three
domains pertinent to the functioning of integrated living units:
cells, tissues, organs, and organisms.
–cellular component:
the parts of a cell or its extracellular environment
the parts of a cell or its extracellular environment
–molecular function:
the elemental activities of a gene product at the molecular level, such as binding or catalysis
the elemental activities of a gene product at the molecular level, such as binding or catalysis
–biological process:
operations or sets of molecular events with a defined beginning and end
operations or sets of molecular events with a defined beginning and end
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