Causally upstream of or within

Overview and Scope of Use

• This relation should not be used for annotation, either in standard annotation extensions or in GO-CAMs.
• The 'causally upstream of of or within' relation is used to relate GO Biological Processes (BP) and/or GO Molecular Functions (MF) when:
  • the mechanism that relates the upstream process (BP or MF) to the downstream process (BP or MF) is not known
  • it is not known whether the activities of the gene products in the upstream process occur before or during the downstream process

Annotation Usage Guidelines

• If a curator wants to indicate that a process (MF or BP) is causally upstream of another process, they should always be able to choose a more specific sub-relation.

Examples

There are no examples because this relation should not be used directly in models. A more precise child should be used instead.

Ontology Usage Guidelines

This relation is not used in the ontology.

Cross Reference to the Relations Ontology (RO)

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Review Status

Last Reviewed: Feb 9, 2023, Pascale Gaudet

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