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Edge Ontology

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Arrow ontology

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Inspired by gene ontology, edge ontology provides a hierarchical vocabulary of terms for describing interactions between biological molecules. Different types of relationships between pathway components can be represented by edge ontology. Lu et al. (2007) provide a prototype of an edge ontology that divides edge into four levels: direction, type, subtype, and specification. Edge ontology is quite a novel concept still far from being completed.

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  • Lu LJ, Sboner A, Huang YJ, Lu HX, Gianoulis TA, Yip KY, Kim PM, Montelione GT, Gerstein MB. Comparing classical pathways and modern networks: towards the development of an edge ontology. Trends Biochem Sci. 2007;32(7):320–331.

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  1. Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 7 Beitucheng West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, Beijing, 100029, China

    Dr. Jiguang Wang

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  1. Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK

    Werner Dubitzky

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

    Olaf Wolkenhauer

  3. Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Kwang-Hyun Cho

  4. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA

    Hiroki Yokota

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Wang, J. (2013). Edge Ontology. In: Dubitzky, W., Wolkenhauer, O., Cho, KH., Yokota, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9863-7_493

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