Enhanced XAO: the ontology of Xenopus anatomy and development underpins more accurate annotation of gene expression and queries on Xenbase

The African clawed frogs Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis are prominent animal model organisms. Xenopus research contributes to the understanding of genet ic, developmental and molecular mechanisms underlying human disease. The Xenopus Anatomy Ontology (XAO) reflects the anatomy and embryological development of Xenopus. The XAO provides consistent terminology that can be applied to anatomical feature descript ions along with a set of relat ionships that indicate how each anatomical ent ity is related to others in the embryo, tadpole, or adult frog. The XAO is integral to the funct ionality of Xenbase (http://www.xenbase.org [10 ]), the Xenopus model organism database. DOI 10.1186/2041-1480-4-31 [11] Short Tit le J Biomed Semant ics Source URL: http://www.antibodychain.com/content/enhanced_xao_ontology_xenopus_anatomy_and_development_underpins_more_accurate_annotation_gen Links: [1] http://www.antibodychain.com/content/enhanced_xao_ontology_xenopus_anatomy_and_development_underpins_more_accurate_annotation_gen 1 [2] http://www.antibodychain.com/biblio/author/154649 [3] http://www.antibodychain.com/biblio/author/118489 [4] http://www.antibodychain.com/biblio/author/118488 [5] http://www.antibodychain.com/biblio/author/118491 [6] http://www.antibodychain.com/biblio/author/154650 [7] http://www.antibodychain.com/biblio/author/154651 [8] http://www.antibodychain.com/biblio/author/112510 [9] http://www.antibodychain.com/biblio/author/118498 [10] http://www.xenbase.org [11] http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-1480-4-31