GOSYNONYM {GO} | R Documentation

## Annotation of GO Synonyms to GO Terms

### Description

This data set gives mappings between GO synonyms and their respective terms.

### Details

Each GO synonym is mapped to a `GOTerms` object that has 6 slots:

GOID
  GO Identifier
Term
  The term for that GO id
Synonym
  Synonymous terms
Secondary
  Secondary terms that have been merged into this term
Definition
  Further definition of the GO term
Ontology
  One of MF - molecular function, BP - biological process, or CC - cellular component

Synonyms of obsolete GO terms are not included.

Mappings were based on data provided by:

Gene Ontology:http://gopher5/compbio/annotationSourceData/archive.godatabase.org/latest/. Built: 08-Feb-2007

Package built: Fri Mar 2 13:37:12 2007

### References

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=gene

### Examples

        require("GO") || stop("GO unavailable")
        require("annotate") || stop("annotate unavailable")
        # Convert the environment object to a list
        xx <- as.list(GOSYNONYM)
        if(length(xx) > 0){
            # Get the TERMS for the first elent of xx
            GOID(xx[[1]])
            Term(xx[[1]])
            Synonym(xx[[1]])
            Secondary(xx[[1]])
            Definition(xx[[1]])
            Ontology(xx[[1]])
        }

[Package GO version 2.2.0 Index]