WormBase gene association file
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Gene Association File (GAF) format
The original Gene Association File (GAF) format was specified within the Gene Ontology consortium to specify how gene associations to Gene Ontology (GO) terms would be reported in a tab-delimited download file.
To view the (now deprecated) GAF 2.0 format specification, visit:
http://geneontology.org/docs/go-annotation-file-gaf-format-2.0/
To view the (now stale, but not quite deprecated) GAF 2.1 format specification, visit:
http://geneontology.org/docs/go-annotation-file-gaf-format-2.1/
To view the latest GAF 2.2 format specification, visit:
WormBase ontology gene association files
WormBase provides a gene association file for each of the various ontologies that WormBase uses, essentially providing a single annotation associating a gene to an ontology term on a single row of the tab-delimited output file.
Current WormBase gene association files can always be found on the WormBase FTP site here:
ftp://ftp.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/releases/current-production-release/ONTOLOGY/
Anatomy association file
The anatomy association file (associating genes to anatomical entities where the gene product has been reported to be expressed) has a general name like:
anatomy_association.WSXXX.wb
where WSXXX refers to the relevant release number. The file for the WS277 release of WormBase is called:
anatomy_association.WS277.wb
Development (life stage) association file
The development (life stage) association file (associating genes to life stages when the gene product has been reported to be expressed) has a general name like:
development_association.WSXXX.wb
where WSXXX refers to the relevant release number. The file for the WS277 release of WormBase is called:
development_association.WS277.wb