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Table 2 Templates and sample instantiations from the TREC 2005 genomics track.

From: PageRank without hyperlinks: Reranking with PubMed related article networks for biomedical text retrieval

#1

Information describing standard [methods or protocols] for doing some sort of experiment or procedure.

 

methods or protocols: fluorogenic 5'-nuclease assay

#2

Information describing the role(s) of a [gene] involved in a [disease].

 

gene: Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1)

 

disease: Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA)

#3

Information describing the role of a [gene] in a specific [biological process].

 

gene: APC (adenomatous polyposis coli)

 

biological process: actin assembly

#4

Information describing interactions between two or more [genes] in the [function of an organ] or in a [disease].

 

genes: alpha7 nicotinic receptor and ApoE

 

function of an organ: neurotoxic effects of ethanol

#5

Information describing one or more [mutations] of a given [gene] and its [biological impact or role].

 

gene with mutation: alpha7 nAChR

 

biological impact: alcoholism