Generic function GET-PARENT-TERMS

Package:

GODB

Syntax:

  get-parent-terms go-handle accession
  => parent-term-objects

Arguments and Values:

go-handle---an object of type go-handle

accession---a string

Description:

The generic function get-parent-terms is used to find all parents of a term using the is-a hierarchy. It takes two parameters, go-handle, to preserve the session, and accession to identify the term whose parents to find. It returns a list of objects of type TERM

Known Methods:

  get-parent-terms (go-handle-object go-handle) (accession string)
  =>  parent-term-objects

Affected By:

None.

Examples:

cl-prompt: (godb:get-parent-terms mygohandle "GO:0007610")
(#<CL-GODB:TERM 212A8A64>)

cl-prompt:  Describe (first *)
#<CL-GODB:TERM 212A8A64> is a CL-GODB:TERM
TERM-ID          4776
NAME             "biological_process"
ACCESSION        CL-GODB::GO\:0008150
TERM-TYPE        "process"
DEFINITION       #<unbound slot>
IS-OBSOLETE      0
IS-ROOT          0
IS-A             (#<CL-GODB:TERM 21A56CB4>)
PART-OF          NIL
CHILDREN         (#<CL-GODB:TERM 212A042C> #<CL-GODB:TERM 212A0364> #<CL-GODB:TERM 212A02F4> 
                 #<CL-GODB:TERM 212A022C> #<CL-GODB:TERM 212A0194> #<CL-GODB:TERM 20673A74> 
                 #<CL-GODB:TERM 206739B4>)
COMPONENTS       NIL

Exceptional Situations: