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Biochemical networks: The evolution of gene annotation

Complete and accurate annotation of gene function is an essential starting point for genome interpretation and a host of systems and synthetic biology endeavors. Detecting errors in existing annotation now has an important new tool.

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Figure 1: Overview of gene function prediction methods.

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Kasif, S., Steffen, M. Biochemical networks: The evolution of gene annotation. Nat Chem Biol 6, 4–5 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.288

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