The Gene Ontology: enhancements for 2011. Nucleic Acids Res 2012 Jan;40(Database issue):D559-64
Date
11/22/2011Pubmed ID
22102568Pubmed Central ID
PMC3245151DOI
10.1093/nar/gkr1028Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84859699831 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 193 CitationsAbstract
The Gene Ontology (GO) (http://www.geneontology.org) is a community bioinformatics resource that represents gene product function through the use of structured, controlled vocabularies. The number of GO annotations of gene products has increased due to curation efforts among GO Consortium (GOC) groups, including focused literature-based annotation and ortholog-based functional inference. The GO ontologies continue to expand and improve as a result of targeted ontology development, including the introduction of computable logical definitions and development of new tools for the streamlined addition of terms to the ontology. The GOC continues to support its user community through the use of e-mail lists, social media and web-based resources.
Author List
Gene Ontology ConsortiumAuthors
Melinda R. Dwinell PhD Associate Dean, Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of WisconsinStanley J. Laulederkind Research Scientist II in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Shur-Jen Wang Research Scientist II in the Physiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Databases, GeneticMolecular Sequence Annotation
Quality Control
Vocabulary, Controlled
