Requesting new GO terms

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Introduction to how terms are requested, and the benefits of the SourceForge system.

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Requesting new terms in the multi-organism process node (from: http://www.geneontology.org/GO.annotation.conventions.shtml#newTerms)

Like the rest of GO, the multi-organism process node is not complete, and you will probably have to request some new terms when annotating your gene products. These should be submitted via the GO curator requests tracker in the usual way. Here are a few points to bear in mind when requesting new terms, and annotating using this node:

  • A term name should make the direction of the interaction clear. An example of this is given below; induction of nodule morphogenesis in host would be used to annotate the symbiont gene product, while induction of nodule morphogenesis by symbiont is used to annotate the host genes. Both processes would be children of a common term nodulation.
  • If your gene product affects a 'normal' host process, you should always request a new term in the MOP node, rather than just annotating directly to the term in the 'normal' ontology. So for example, if your bacterial gene product regulates the ethylene-mediated signaling pathway in plants, rather than using dual taxon to annotate to regulation of ethylene mediated signaling pathway ; GO:0010104, you should instead request a new term regulation of ethylene mediated signaling pathway in host.