GO Annotations
A GO annotation is a statement about the function of a particular gene. Each GO annotation consists of an association between a gene and a GO term. Together, these statements comprise a “snapshot” of...
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The work of the Gene Ontology Consortium (GOC) is only possible through collaborations among the members of a very active research community. Below are links to the Consortium's own projects and those...
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Contact the GO Help Desk with questions, comments, or feedback.For questions, first check our Frequently Asked Questions, as your query may have already been answered. The GOC also supports several...
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Reviewing GO annotations for a gene or protein
Open a Gene Ontology browser (e.g.AmiGO, QuickGO) and search for the gene or gene protein record of interest by entering it in the 'Search' field, then browse associated annotations and follow links to...
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Reviewing GO annotations associated with a scientific article
Open a Gene Ontology browser, (e.g.AmiGO, QuickGO) and enter a PubMed identifier (PMID) for the paper of interest in the 'Search' field. If GO annotations are listed in the results a) Check whether...
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Authors of papers underlying GO annotationsThe Gene Ontology Consortium (GOC) wants to acknowledge all the authors of peer-reviewed papers that established the facts about gene function that are...
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Contributors to the GO KnowledgebaseWe want to acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals in the development of the GO knowledgebase.The founder Michael Ashburner Current contributors...
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SynGO - Synapse Biology
Overview The Synapse Gene Ontology and Annotation Initiative (SynGO) aims to: Improve the Gene Ontology to accurately describe cellular components (CC) and biological processes (BP) important for...
View ArticleMicroRNA GO annotation manual
Scope of the guidelinesThese guidelines are intended to cover firstly, annotation of the protein components of the canonical mammalian miRNA processing pathway (Figure 1 and Winter et al. 2009) and...
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Contribute annotations from large datasets
Contact the GOC to discuss the best approach for your annotations as well as where to submit your file. Genome-scale annotations: If you are conducting automated annotation efforts for an entire...
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Contributing ad hoc annotations
If your research group is focused on just a handful of genes and gene products (e.g. annotations from the Community Assessment of Community Annotation with Ontologies (CACAO)), conducting annotation...
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Contributing to the Ontology
When you have suggestions for new ontology terms, first make sure the term doesn't exist, either as a primary term or a synonym term. To do this, search the ontology using the AmiGO browser. Requests...
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Contributing GO Annotations
If your research group has GO annotations for a species that is not currently included in the GO, whether or not these annotations cover the entire genome, or if your research team has identified gaps...
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Connecting annotations: LEGO Models
The Gene Ontology Consortium is moving towards a more expressive way of describing the function of gene products that allows annotations to be connected together to give a complete function of what...
View ArticleContributing to GO
How research communities can contribute data to the GOCThe GO project is constantly evolving, and we welcome feedback from all users. Research groups may contribute to the Gene Ontology Consortium...
View ArticleGO Annotation File (GAF) Format 2.1
Annotation data is submitted to the GO Consortium in the form of gene association files, or GAFs. This guide lays out the format specifications for GAF 2.1; for the previous GAF 2.0 file syntax, please...
View ArticleGO RDFXML File Format
The GO Consortium makes ontology and gene association data available as RDF-XML, which can be downloaded from the GO database archive. The document type definition (DTD) is available from GO CVS web...
View ArticleTermGenie
TermGenie is a web-based tool for requesting new Gene Ontology classes. TermGenie also allows for an ontology developer to review all generated terms before they are committed to the ontology. The...
View ArticleThank You for Contacting GO
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View ArticleRepresenting "phases" in GO biological process
The GOC has recently introduced a new term biological phase (GO:0044848), as a direct subclass of biological process. This class represents a distinct period or stage during which biological processes...
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