Causally upstream of, positive effect
Overview
The 'causally upstream of, positive effect' relation is used to relate two GO Biological Processes or a GO Biological Process to a GO Molecular Function.
Definition
- Needs formal RO definition.
- Proposal: p is causally upstream of, positive effect on q if and only if p precedes q and p and q are linked in a causal chain whereby completion/execution/progression of p increases the frequency, rate or extent of q
- RO comment: holds between x and y if and only if x is causally upstream of y and the progression of x increases the frequency, rate or extent of y
Child Terms
Examples of Usage
Exemplar:http://noctua.geneontology.org/editor/graph/gomodel:5a5fc23a00000137
Quality Control Checks
Relations Ontology
http://www.ontobee.org/ontology/RO?iri=http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002304 causally upstream of, positive effect]
Review Status
Last reviewed: May 11, 2018