articleNucleic Acids ResearchNov 16, 2016GOLD OA

Expansion of the Gene Ontology knowledgebase and resources

TGThe Gene Ontology Consortium
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Abstract

The Gene Ontology (GO) is a comprehensive resource of computable knowledge regarding the functions of genes and gene products. As such, it is extensively used by the biomedical research community for the analysis of -omics and related data. Our continued focus is on improving the quality and utility of the GO resources, and we welcome and encourage input from researchers in all areas of biology. In this update, we summarize the current contents of the GO knowledgebase, and present several new features and improvements that have been made to the ontology, the annotations and the tools. Among the highlights are 1) developments that facilitate access to, and application of, the GO knowledgebase, and 2) extensions…

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Keywords
  • Ontology
  • Biology
  • Gene ontology
  • Resource (disambiguation)
  • Data science
  • Computational biology
  • Systems biology
  • Focus (optics)
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