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2005;6 (1): 103.

Gene Ontology: looking backwards and forwards.

Suzanna E Lewis
Author Information
  1. Suzanna E Lewis: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, 539 Life Sciences Addition, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200, USA. suzi@fruitfly.org
PMID: 15642104 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2004-6-1-103

Abstract

The Gene Ontology consortium began six years ago with a group of scientists who decided to connect our data by sharing the same language for describing it. Its most significant achievement lies in uniting many independent biological database efforts into a cooperative force.

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MeSH Term

Animals
Cooperative Behavior
Databases, Factual
Humans
Informatics
Internet
Research Personnel
Vocabulary, Controlled
Journal Article
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