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Gene Ontology

ontology for describing the function of genes and gene products
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Gene Ontology
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Gene Ontology

Summary

Gene Ontology is an ontology[1]. It draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (ontology category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gene Ontology's image is recorded as Go-logo.small.png[3].
  • Gene Ontology's instance of is recorded as ontology[4].
  • Gene Ontology's instance of is recorded as OBO Foundry ontology[5].
  • Gene Ontology's maintained by is recorded as Suzi Aleksander[6].
  • Gene Ontology's developer is recorded as Gene Ontology Consortium[7].
  • Gene Ontology's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International[8].
  • Gene Ontology's part of is recorded as Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry Ontologies[9].
  • Gene Ontology's part of is recorded as OBO Foundry[10].
  • Gene Ontology's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D063990[11].
  • Gene Ontology's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/052wxf[12].
  • Gene Ontology's MeSH tree code is recorded as H01.158.273.343.249.099[13].
  • Gene Ontology's MeSH tree code is recorded as H01.770.644.145.350.124[14].
  • Gene Ontology's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.224.050.375.480.500.500[15].
  • Gene Ontology's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.313.500.750.300.550.500.500[16].
  • Gene Ontology's MeSH tree code is recorded as L01.462.750.245.945.079.500[17].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-03-28[18].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-06-03[19].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-06-04[20].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-06-08[21].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-07-10[22].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-08-10[23].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-09-10[24].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-10-07[25].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-11-14[26].
  • Gene Ontology's has edition or translation is recorded as Gene Ontology release 2018-11-19[27].

Body

Geography

Part of include Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry Ontologies[9] and OBO Foundry[10], a community[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ontology[4] and OBO Foundry ontology[5].

Why It Matters

Gene Ontology draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (ontology category, ranking #3 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Benjamin M. Good Charles Tapley Hoyt Christopher J. Mungall inferred from Gene Ontology function hierarchy inferred from GOA cell component → membrane ubergraph

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . obofoundry.org. Retrieved . obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . obofoundry.org. obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . obofoundry.org. Retrieved . obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . obofoundry.org. Retrieved . obofoundry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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