GOTerms-class {AnnotationDbi} | R Documentation

## Class "GOTerms"

### Description

A class to represent Gene Ontology nodes

### Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form `GOTerms(GOId, term, ontology, definition, synonym, secondary)`. GOId, term, and ontology are required.

### Slots

`GOID`:
  Object of class `"character"` A character string for the GO id of a primary node.
`Term`:
  Object of class `"character"` A character string that defines the role of gene product corresponding to the primary GO id.
`Ontology`:
  Object of class `"character"` Gene Ontology category. Can be MF - molecular function, CC - cellular component, or BP - biological process.
`Definition`:
  Object of class `"character"` Further definition of the ontology of the primary GO id.
`Synonym`:
  Object of class `"character"` other ontology terms that are considered to be synonymous to the primary term attached to the GO id (e.g. "type I programmed cell death" is a synonym of "apoptosis"). Synonymous here can mean that the synonym is an exact synonym of the primary term, is related to the primary term, is broader than the primary term, is more precise than the primary term, or name is related to the term, but is not exact, broader or narrower.
`Secondary`:
  Object of class `"character"` GO ids that are secondary to the primary GO id as results of merging GO terms so that One GO id becomes the primary GO id and the rest become the secondary.

### Methods

GOID
  `signature(object = "GOTerms")`: The get method for slot GOID.
Term
  `signature(object = "GOTerms")`: The get method for slot Term.
Ontology
  `signature(object = "GOTerms")`: The get method for slot Ontology.
Definition
  `signature(object = "GOTerms")`: The get method for slot Definition.
Synonym
  `signature(object = "GOTerms")`: The get method for slot Synonym.
Secondary
  `signature(object = "GOTerms")`: The get method for slot Secondary.
show
  `signature(x = "GOTerms")`: The method for pretty print.

### Note

GOTerms objects are used to represent primary GO nodes in the SQLite-based annotation data package GO.db

### References

http://www.geneontology.org/

### Examples

      gonode <- new("GOTerms", GOID="GO:1234567", Term="Test", Ontology="MF",
                              Definition="just for testing")
      GOID(gonode)
      Term(gonode)
      Ontology(gonode)

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