BRENDA tissue ontology
Encyclopedia
BTO, the BRENDA Tissue Ontology is an ontology
of anatomical structures
, cell type
s, tissues
and cell lines. The ontology is a sub-project of the BRENDA
database.
Ontology
Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, existence or reality as such, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations...
of anatomical structures
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
, cell type
Cell type
A cell type is a distinct morphological or functional form of cell. When a cell switches state from one cell type to another, it undergoes cellular differentiation. A list of distinct cell types in the adult human body may include several hundred distinct types.-References:...
s, tissues
Tissue (biology)
Tissue is a cellular organizational level intermediate between cells and a complete organism. A tissue is an ensemble of cells, not necessarily identical, but from the same origin, that together carry out a specific function. These are called tissues because of their identical functioning...
and cell lines. The ontology is a sub-project of the BRENDA
BRENDA
BRENDA is an enzyme information system representing one of the most comprehensive enzyme repositories.- Introduction :...
database.