LEGO Curation

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Agenda

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LEGO Principles

  • Pieces of biological information are connected using a controlled vocabulary of relations
  • Assertions made using these relations are supported with evidence statements, i.e. ECO codes, references

LEGO at its Most Basic

  • Molecular functions are enabled_by genes/gene products
  • Molecular functions may be part_of larger biological processes
  • Molecular functions occur_in some location
    • Subcellular locations are part_of some larger anatomical structure

LEGO Beyond Basics

  • Some biological processes serve to regulate other biological processes
    • The regulation may be 'positive' or 'negative'
  • Some biological processes are causally upstream of other biological processes