Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
biological_process
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A biological process represents a specific objective that the organism is genetically programmed to achieve. Biological processes are often described by their outcome or ending state, e.g., the biological process of cell division results in the creation of two daughter cells (a divided cell) from a single parent cell. A biological process is accomplished by a particular set of molecular functions carried out by specific gene products (or macromolecular complexes), often in a highly regulated manner and in a particular temporal sequence. [ ]
Term info
Label
biological_process
Synonyms
- biological process
- physiological process
Subsets
goslim_chembl, goslim_generic, goslim_metagenomics, goslim_pir, goslim_plant, goslim_pombe, goslim_yeast, goslim_candida, goslim_aspergillus
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Note that, in addition to forming the root of the biological process ontology, this term is recommended for use for the annotation of gene products whose biological process is unknown. When this term is used for annotation, it indicates that no information was available about the biological process of the gene product annotated as of the date the annotation was made; the evidence code "no data" (ND), is used to indicate this.
created by
janelomax
creation date
2012-09-19T15:05:24Z
has alternative id
GO:0007582, GO:0000004, GO:0044699
has obo namespace
biological_process
has related synonym
single organism process, single-organism process
id
GO:0008150