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The Gene Ontology
is like a dictionary
Each concept (term)
has:
• a
name
• a
definition
• an
ID number
Term: transcription initiation
Definition: Processes involved in the assembly of the RNA polymerase complex at the promoter region of a DNA template resulting in the subsequent synthesis of RNA from that promoter.
ID: GO:0006352
Adopted from
http://www.geneontology.org/