Class: Gene

A gene is part of a nucleic acid that contains all the necessary elements to encode a functional transcript.

URI: sio:Gene

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Parents

  • is_a: NucleicAcidPart - A nucleic acid part is a component of a nucleic acid.

Children

  • Allele - An allele is one of a set of sequence variants of a gene.
  • DnaGene - A gene that is located on DNA.
  • Non-proteinCodingRNAncRNAGene - A non-protein coding RNA (ncRNA) gene is a gene that encodes for a RNA transcript that is not further translated into a protein product.
  • PredictedGene - A predicted gene is a gene that was identified through computational method but has not been experimentally validated.
  • ProteinCodingGene - A gene that contains an open reading frame which codes for a protein.
  • RnaGene - A gene that is located on RNA.
  • ValidatedGene - An experimentally validated gene is a gene whose existence has been demonstrated through experimental methods.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from NucleicAcidPart:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity

  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1

    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • derivesInto 0..1

    • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

    • Range: Object