PUBLICATION

A generic organ based ontology system, applied to vertebrate heart anatomy, development and physiology

Authors
Bertens, L.M., Slob, J., and Verbeek, F.J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-130104-1
Date
2011
Source
Journal of integrative bioinformatics   8(2): 167 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Verbeek, Fons J.
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Computational Biology/methods*
  • Heart/anatomy & histology*
  • Heart/growth & development
  • Heart/physiology*
  • Organ Specificity
  • Search Engine
  • Species Specificity
  • User-Computer Interface
  • Vertebrates/anatomy & histology*
PubMed
21900708 Full text @ J. Integr. Bioinform.
Abstract

We present a novel approach to modelling biological information using ontologies. The system interlinks three ontologies, comprising anatomical, developmental and taxonomical information, and includes instances of structures for different species. The framework is constructed for comparative analyses in the field of evolutionary development. We have applied the approach to the vertebrate heart and present four case studies of the functionality of the system, focusing on cross-species comparisons, developmental studies, physiological studies and 3D visualisation.

Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping