Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

2000/05/01 by Michael Ashburner, Catherine A. Ball, Judith A. Blake +20 · 106 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks #Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies #Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

paper · doi:10.1038/75556

openalex publication_date 2000/05/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

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