The Ontology for Parasite Lifecycle (OPL): towards a consistent vocabulary of lifecycle stages in parasitic organisms

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genome sequencing of many eukaryotic pathogens and the volume of data available on public resources have created a clear requirement for a consistent vocabulary to describe the range of developmental forms of parasites. Consistent la...

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Main Authors: Parikh Priti P, Zheng Jie, Logan-Klumpler Flora, Stoeckert Christian J, Louis Christos, Topalis Pantelis, Protasio Anna V, Sheth Amit P, Carrington Mark, Berriman Matthew, Sahoo Satya S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Semantics
Online Access:http://www.jbiomedsem.com/content/3/1/5