Table 1 Twelve entity types
From: BertSRC: transformer-based semantic relation classification
| Â | Explanation |
|---|---|
Genes, DNA, RNA, and Proteins | A gene is the functional unit of heredity and the nucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that holds instructions for synthesizing either RNA or protein |
Enzymes | Proteins that act as biological catalysts |
Hormones | Signaling molecules that act distant from their site of production |
Compounds | Additives such as drugs or chemicals |
Molecular functions | Proteins with the role of binding such as hormones and antigen-antibodies |
Phenotypes | Limited to human diseases |
Biological processes | Processes/activities that occur within cells |
Cells | Smallest functional units of an organism with which biological experiments are conducted to observe their mechanisms or to grow targeted compounds |
Viruses | Used to indicate when experiments are conducted on a virus |