Clusters of Orthologous Groups of Genes

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Clusters of Orthologous Groups of Genes Definition

Each COG consists of individual orthologous proteins or orthologous sets of paralogs from at least three lineages. Orthologs typically have the same function, allowing transfer of functional information from one member to an entire COG. (from Science 1997;278:631-7)

Clusters of Orthologous Groups of Genes Synonyms

Clusters of Orthologous Groups of Genes, COG

Terms in Clusters of Orthologous Groups of Genes category

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