Sequence Ontology (SO)

Name: Sequence Ontology (SO)
Published: 2026-11-13T13:52:25.298104Z

Selected English labels and exact synonyms from the Sequence Ontology (SO), release 2026-08-07, with source identifiers and spelling preserved. Licensed CC BY 4.0; full attribution is listed under Sources. Under semantic review; not endorsed by the ontology's maintainers.

Curator: Chloe Harris

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English
IG C pseudogeneUnrated IG_C_pseudogeneUnrated
feature ablationUnrated feature_ablationUnrated
genomic islandUnrated genomic_islandUnrated
RAREUnrated retinoic acid responsive elementUnrated retinoic_acid_responsive_elementUnrated
asparagine tRNA primary transcriptUnrated asparagine_tRNA_primary_transcriptUnrated
biomaterial regionUnrated biomaterial_regionUnrated
mutational hotspotUnrated mutational_hotspotUnrated
H2K27 mono-methylation siteUnrated H3K27_monomethylation_siteUnrated
DJ geneUnrated D-J-GENEUnrated DJ_gene_segmentUnrated
chromosomal deletionUnrated chromosomal_deletionUnrated deficiencyUnrated
modified inosineUnrated modified_inosineUnrated
introgressed chromosome regionUnrated introgressed_chromosome_regionUnrated
internal ribosomal entry sequenceUnrated internal ribosomal entry siteUnrated internal ribosome entry siteUnrated internal_ribosome_entry_siteUnrated IRESUnrated
beta turn type six bUnrated beta_turn_type_six_bUnrated type VIb beta turnUnrated type VIb turnUnrated
mitochondrial small subunit rRNAUnrated mitochondrial SSU rRNAUnrated mt_SSU_rRNAUnrated MT SSU rRNAUnrated
miR encoding snoRNA primary transcriptUnrated miR_encoding_snoRNA_primary_transcriptUnrated
H2AK9acUnrated H2AK9 acetylation siteUnrated H2AK9_acetylation_siteUnrated
non canonical three prime splice siteUnrated non-canonical three prime splice siteUnrated non_canonical_three_prime_splice_siteUnrated
U5 5' long terminal repeat regionUnrated U5 five prime LTR regionUnrated U5_five_prime_LTR_regionUnrated
serine/threonine motifUnrated serine_threonine_motifUnrated st motifUnrated st_motifUnrated
bidirectional promoter lncRNAUnrated bidirectional promoter lncRNA geneUnrated bidirectional_promoter_lncRNA_geneUnrated
J heptamerUnrated J_heptamerUnrated J-HEPTAMERUnrated
transgeneUnrated
INSDC_feature:misc_structureUnrated sequence secondary structureUnrated sequence_secondary_structureUnrated
regulatedUnrated
splice polypyrimidine tract variantUnrated splice_polypyrimidine_tract_variantUnrated
selectable markerUnrated selectable_markerUnrated selection markerUnrated selection_markerUnrated
histone_acylation_regionUnrated
frameshiftUnrated
cytosolic large subunit rRNAUnrated cytosolic LSU RNAUnrated cytosolic LSU rRNAUnrated cytosolic_LSU_rRNAUnrated
5_prime_UTR_uORF_stop_codon_variantUnrated uFrameshiftUnrated
D clusterUnrated D_clusterUnrated D-CLUSTERUnrated
intergenicUnrated intergenic variantUnrated intergenic_variantUnrated Jannovar:intergenic_variantUnrated Seattleseq:intergenicUnrated snpEff:INTERGENICUnrated VEP:intergenic_variantUnrated
polypeptide localization variantUnrated polypeptide_localization_variantUnrated
QTLUnrated quantitative trait locusUnrated
retrogeneUnrated
H3K36 methylation siteUnrated H3K36_methylation_siteUnrated
integronUnrated
L1 elementUnrated L1 LINE retrotransposonUnrated L1_LINE_retrotransposonUnrated LINE 1 elementUnrated LINE-1 elementUnrated
amino acidUnrated amino_acidUnrated
UTR_Unrated UTR variantUnrated UTR_variantUnrated
RNase P RNA geneUnrated RNase_P_RNA_geneUnrated
autoregulatedUnrated
organelle sequenceUnrated organelle_sequenceUnrated
insertion sequenceUnrated insertion_sequenceUnrated
nested transposonUnrated nested_transposonUnrated
cytosolic 28S LSU rRNAUnrated cytosolic 28S ribosomal RNAUnrated cytosolic 28S rRNAUnrated cytosolic_28S_rRNAUnrated cytosolic rRNA 28SUnrated
proviral locationUnrated proviral_locationUnrated
vertebrate immune system pseudogeneUnrated vertebrate_immune_system_pseudogeneUnrated
engineered foreign regionUnrated engineered_foreign_regionUnrated
restriction endonuclease binding siteUnrated restriction enzyme binding siteUnrated restriction_enzyme_binding_siteUnrated
twintronUnrated
k2CUnrated lysidineUnrated
member of regulonUnrated member_of_regulonUnrated
V gene recombination featureUnrated V_gene_recombination_featureUnrated V-RSUnrated
H2A.ZK7acUnrated H2AZK7acUnrated H2AZK7 acetylation siteUnrated H2AZK7_acetylation_siteUnrated
pre-edited mRNAUnrated pre_edited_mRNAUnrated
U3 5' long term repeat regionUnrated U3 five prime LTR regionUnrated U3_five_prime_LTR_regionUnrated
positively autoregulated geneUnrated positively_autoregulated_geneUnrated
H3K4acUnrated H3K4 acetylation siteUnrated H3K4_acetylation_siteUnrated
D DJ J C clusterUnrated D_DJ_J_C_clusterUnrated D-(DJ)-J-C-CLUSTERUnrated
forwardUnrated
3-10 helixUnrated 310 helixUnrated 3(10) helixUnrated three ten helixUnrated three_ten_helixUnrated
point centromereUnrated point_centromereUnrated
aptamerUnrated
polypeptide secondary structureUnrated polypeptide_secondary_structureUnrated
chromoplast geneUnrated chromoplast_geneUnrated
invalidated by partial processingUnrated invalidated_by_partial_processingUnrated
encodes different polypeptides different stopUnrated encodes_different_polypeptides_different_stopUnrated
tyrosine tRNA primary transcriptUnrated tyrosine_tRNA_primary_transcriptUnrated
5' long term repeat componentUnrated five prime LTR componentUnrated five_prime_LTR_componentUnrated
allelic pseudogeneUnrated allelic_pseudogeneUnrated INSDC_qualifier:allelicUnrated
feature amplificationUnrated feature_amplificationUnrated
chromosome structure variationUnrated chromosome_structure_variationUnrated snpEff:CHROMOSOME_LARGE_DELETIONUnrated
small ORFUnrated smORFUnrated sORFUnrated
H4R3 dimethylation siteUnrated H4R3_dimethylation_siteUnrated H4R3me2Unrated
o2yWUnrated peroxywybutosineUnrated
Mg_contact_siteUnrated polypeptide magnesium ion contact siteUnrated polypeptide_magnesium_ion_contact_siteUnrated
cyclic translocationUnrated cyclic_translocationUnrated
positional candidate geneUnrated positional_candidate_geneUnrated
polypeptide tungsten ion contact siteUnrated polypeptide_tungsten_ion_contact_siteUnrated W_contact_siteUnrated
information regionUnrated template regionUnrated template_regionUnrated
H2BK5 mono-methylation siteUnrated H2BK5_monomethylation_siteUnrated
gene with trans spliced transcriptUnrated gene_with_trans_spliced_transcriptUnrated
Zas1 recognition motifUnrated Zas1_recognition_motifUnrated
methylated CUnrated methylated_CUnrated methylated cytosineUnrated methylated_cytosineUnrated methylated cytosine baseUnrated methylated cytosine residueUnrated
proviral geneUnrated proviral_geneUnrated
stop gained-NMD escapingUnrated stop_gained_NMD_escapingUnrated stop gained variant-nonsense-mediated decay escapingUnrated
three_prime_USTUnrated
feature elongationUnrated feature_elongationUnrated VEP:feature_elongationUnrated
transversionUnrated
Hairpin RNAUnrated hpRNAUnrated
contig readUnrated contig_readUnrated
H3K79 tri-methylation siteUnrated H3K79_trimethylation_siteUnrated
sense overlap lncRNAUnrated sense_overlap_lncRNAUnrated sense_overlappingUnrated
J clusterUnrated J_clusterUnrated J-CLUSTERUnrated
reverse Hoogsteen base pairUnrated reverse_Hoogsteen_base_pairUnrated
stop codon read throughUnrated stop_codon_read_throughUnrated
PAVUnrated presence absence variationUnrated presence-absence variationUnrated presence-absence_variationUnrated presence/absence variationUnrated presence/absence_variationUnrated presence_absence_variationUnrated
intragenic variantUnrated intragenic_variantUnrated Jannovar:intragenic_variantUnrated snpEff:INTRAGENICUnrated

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