[BiO BB] KEGG vs GO

[lucifer at chiark.greenend.org.uk]

Michael Ashburner wrote: 

> So, contra Lucy, the difference between the GO and KO has nothing to
> do with manual vs automatic annotation, or on the 'focus' of the KO,
> but rather they differ in their underlying structure.

Thanks for the clarification, Michael.  I was merely offering a practical 
observation as to how KEGG pathways and GO processes may compare in the 
scope and quality of functional annotation. 

Samantha, if you haven't already, I recommend reading the relevant 
publications in the yearly database issue of Nucleic Acids Research.  
Obviously the most recent publications are more up-to-date, but it may be 
useful to read the older ones to see how both resources evolved.  See
http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/ 


Cheers,
Lucy 

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Lucy McWilliam
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