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response to magnetism #6620

Closed gocentral closed 9 years ago

gocentral commented 15 years ago

I would like to see "response to magnetism" added to the GO ontology under the parent term "response to abiotic stimulus" (GO: 0009628). The definition could be "A change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a magnetic stimulus". An example can be found in PMID:19382241.

Reported by: slaulederkind

Original Ticket: geneontology/ontology-requests/6640

gocentral commented 15 years ago

Hi Stan,

Would 'magnetoreception' (GO:0050958) or any of its descendants do? If not, we can add 'response to magnetism'.

midori

Original comment by: mah11

gocentral commented 15 years ago

Hi Midori, The data in PMID:19382241 doesn't really fit the definition of magnetoreception. It is cell culture data that doesn't address the mechanism of magnetoreception. The data is certainly downstream of magnetoreception, but I think "response to magnetism" is about as specific as the data warrants. Stan

Original comment by: slaulederkind

gocentral commented 15 years ago

Hi Stan,

OK, that makes sense. Thanks for checking. I've now added 'response to magnetism,' GO:0071000.

Midori

Original comment by: mah11

gocentral commented 15 years ago

Original comment by: mah11