Computation method for annotating semantic similarity by gene
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SHANGHAI UNIV
- Publication Date
- 2009-02-04
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to a method for calculating the semantic similarity of gene annotation, which belongs to the technical field of bioinformatics. Background technique
[0002] Gene ontology (gene ontology, GO) is an important gene annotation database, and biologists often use online tools such as AmiGO and QuickGO to retrieve gene GO annotations. After obtaining the gene annotations, it is necessary to compare the similarity of the semantics of the gene annotations, that is, to examine whether the functions of some genes are similar, or whether some genes are jointly involved in the metabolic process of certain substances, etc. At present, comparing the similarity of genes is mainly done manually. Since biologists usually need to compare dozens or even hundreds of genes, it will be very time-consuming and labor-intensive to compare the similarity of so many genes manually. , and the manual comparison will also be affected by subjective factors. U...