The Gene Ontology (GO) resource is the world's most comprehensive source of information about the function of gene products (proteins and non-coding RNAs). The GO consists of two main components: an ontology of terms that describe biological phenomena and annotations that connect gene products to ontology terms. In addition, GO develops tools to help researchers make use of the GO in their analyses. 

This webinar will provide an overview of what GO terms are and how they relate within the structure of the ontology. It will also describe how annotations are created and highlight some of the limitations of the GO. Lastly it will introduce some freely available bioinformatic resources used for accessing the GO, and methods used in GO analysis