[annotation] Re: GO Help query on microRNAs (fwd)

[E Dimmer]

As GOA only annotates to proteins I'm afraid we don't annotate or 
integrate annotations to functional RNAs.

Emily

David Hill wrote:
> We have only annotated one mouse micro-RNA so far. However, our policy 
> is to annotate these when there is experimental literature supporting 
> the annotation. We consider them to be just like any other functional 
> RNA gene product.
>
> David
>
> Amelia Ireland wrote:
>> Hi annotators,
>>
>> This query came from GO help - does anyone know how many mammalian
>> microRNAs have (biological process) annotations??
>>
>>  
>>> Does this mean that there are very few mammalian microRNAs with
>>> Biological Process annotation?  Do you happen to have numbers on that?
>>>     
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Amelia.
>>
>>   
>


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