Structure of GO Terms
•The GO ontology is structured as
a directed
acyclic graph (DAC).
•Each term has defined
relationships to one or more other terms in the same domain, and sometimes to
other domains.
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Cell
Membrane
chloroplast
Mitochondrial
membrane
Chloroplast
membrane
Hierarchical Directed Acyclic
Graph (DAG) - multiple parentage allowed
Relationship:
----- is-a
----- part-of