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
maternally imprintedUnrated maternally_imprintedUnrated
microRNA-offset RNAUnrated moRUnrated
5-carbamoylmethyl-2'-O-methyluridineUnrated five carbamoylmethyl two prime O methyluridineUnrated five_carbamoylmethyl_two_prime_O_methyluridineUnrated ncm5UmUnrated
anti-ARRETUnrated anti_ARRETUnrated
boundary elementUnrated boundary_elementUnrated
chromosome bandUnrated chromosome_bandUnrated cytobandUnrated cytological bandUnrated
cryptogeneUnrated
CTG start codonUnrated CTG_start_codonUnrated
EST matchUnrated EST_matchUnrated
reading frameUnrated reading_frameUnrated
beta turnUnrated beta_turnUnrated
H2A.ZK4acUnrated H2AZK4acUnrated H2AZK4 acetylation siteUnrated H2AZK4_acetylation_siteUnrated
bacterial RNApol promoterUnrated bacterial_RNApol_promoterUnrated
INSDC_qualifier:telomeric_repeatUnrated telomeric repeatUnrated telomeric_repeatUnrated
Mat3MUnrated
frameshift variant-NMD escapingUnrated frameshift_variant_NMD_escapingUnrated frameshift variant-nonsense-mediated decay escapingUnrated
exon regionUnrated exon_regionUnrated
small nuclear RNA U2Unrated snRNA U2Unrated U2 small nuclear RNAUnrated U2 snRNAUnrated U2_snRNAUnrated
CDS supported by sequence similarity dataUnrated CDS_supported_by_sequence_similarity_dataUnrated
methionine tRNA primary transcriptUnrated methionine_tRNA_primary_transcriptUnrated
SL8 acceptor siteUnrated SL8_acceptor_siteUnrated
5'D-HEPTAMERUnrated five prime D heptamerUnrated five_prime_D_heptamerUnrated
engineered foreign repetitive elementUnrated engineered_foreign_repetitive_elementUnrated
linear double stranded RNA chromosomeUnrated linear_double_stranded_RNA_chromosomeUnrated
rho independent bacterial terminatorUnrated rho_independent_bacterial_terminatorUnrated
Y-RNA primary transcriptUnrated Y_RNA_primary_transcriptUnrated
long terminal repeat retrotransposonUnrated LTR retrotransposonUnrated LTR_retrotransposonUnrated
small nuclear RNA U5Unrated snRNA U5Unrated U5 small nuclear RNAUnrated U5 snRNAUnrated U5_snRNAUnrated
direct tandem duplicationUnrated direct_tandem_duplicationUnrated
V VDJ clusterUnrated V_VDJ_clusterUnrated V-(VDJ)-CLUSTERUnrated
NMD transcriptUnrated NMD_transcriptUnrated nonsense mediated decay transcriptUnrated protein_coding_NMDUnrated
5' restriction enzyme junctionUnrated five_prime_restriction_enzyme_junctionUnrated
range_extender_elementUnrated REXUnrated
pyrosequenced_readUnrated
IRRinv siteUnrated IRRinv_siteUnrated
x-regionUnrated X_regionUnrated
C-boxUnrated C_boxUnrated
polymerase_synthesis_readUnrated
silent_mating_type_cassette_arrayUnrated
predicted transcriptUnrated predicted_transcriptUnrated
reverseUnrated
isomiRUnrated
deletion breakpointUnrated deletion_breakpointUnrated
substitutionUnrated
4-mCUnrated 4-methylcytosineUnrated 4_methylcytosineUnrated m4cUnrated m-4CUnrated N4 methylcytosineUnrated N4-methylcytosineUnrated N4_methylcytosineUnrated
lethal variantUnrated lethal_variantUnrated
gene subarrayUnrated gene_subarrayUnrated
Jannovar:sequence_variantUnrated sequence variantUnrated sequence_variantUnrated VAAST:sequence_variantUnrated
upstream_intergenic_fusionUnrated
silenced by RNA interferenceUnrated silenced_by_RNA_interferenceUnrated
variant_collectionUnrated
miRNA encodingUnrated miRNA_encodingUnrated
vertebrate immune system gene recombination signal featureUnrated vertebrate_immune_system_gene_recombination_signal_featureUnrated
five prime-three prime overlapUnrated five_prime_three_prime_overlapUnrated
CCCTF binding siteUnrated CTCF binding siteUnrated CTCF_binding_siteUnrated
Jannovar:start_lostUnrated snpEff:START_LOSTUnrated start_lostUnrated VEP:start_lostUnrated
included pseudoexonUnrated pseudoexonUnrated pseudoexon_variantUnrated
epigenetically modifiedUnrated epigenetically_modifiedUnrated
polypeptideUnrated proteinUnrated
transcribed processed pseudogeneUnrated transcribed_processed_pseudogeneUnrated
symbiosis islandUnrated symbiosis_islandUnrated
stop codon redefined as pyrrolysineUnrated stop_codon_redefined_as_pyrrolysineUnrated
methylation guide snoRNAUnrated methylation_guide_snoRNAUnrated
(R)-glycerol nucleic acidUnrated (R)-glycol nucleic acidUnrated R GNA oligoUnrated R_GNA_oligoUnrated
recoding pseudoknotUnrated recoding_pseudoknotUnrated
paired end fragmentUnrated paired_end_fragmentUnrated
conserved intergenic variantUnrated conserved_intergenic_variantUnrated Jannovar:conserved_intergenic_variantUnrated snpEff:INTERGENIC_CONSERVEDUnrated
minus 1 translationally frameshiftedUnrated minus_1_translationally_frameshiftedUnrated
Mo_contact_siteUnrated polypeptide molybdenum ion contact siteUnrated polypeptide_molybdenum_ion_contact_siteUnrated
DNA aptamerUnrated DNA_aptamerUnrated
purine transitionUnrated purine_transitionUnrated
finishedUnrated finished genomeUnrated finished_genomeUnrated
CG islandUnrated CpG islandUnrated CpG_islandUnrated
INSDC_feature:modified_baseUnrated modified base siteUnrated modified_DNA_baseUnrated
restriction enzyme five prime single strand overhangUnrated restriction_enzyme_five_prime_single_strand_overhangUnrated
plasmid vectorUnrated plasmid_vectorUnrated
deficient intrachromosomal transpositionUnrated deficient_intrachromosomal_transpositionUnrated
encodes alternately spliced transcriptsUnrated encodes_alternately_spliced_transcriptsUnrated
biological regionUnrated biological_regionUnrated INSDC_note:biological_regionUnrated
INSDC_feature:transit_peptideUnrated transit peptideUnrated transit_peptideUnrated
translocated sequenceUnrated translocationUnrated
transcript bound by nucleic acidUnrated transcript_bound_by_nucleic_acidUnrated
INSDC_qualifier:unitaryUnrated unitary_pseudogeneUnrated
INSDC_feature:misc_featureUnrated INSDC_note:otherUnrated INSDC_note:sequence_featureUnrated located_sequence_featureUnrated sequence featureUnrated sequence_featureUnrated
5'-SPACERUnrated five prime D spacerUnrated five prime D-spacerUnrated five_prime_D_spacerUnrated
polyadenylation variantUnrated polyadenylation_variantUnrated
genetic_markerUnrated
invalidatedUnrated
synthetic oligoUnrated synthetic_oligoUnrated
deficient inversionUnrated deficient_inversionUnrated
naturalUnrated
distant three prime recoding signalUnrated distant_three_prime_recoding_signalUnrated
immunoglobulin regionUnrated immunoglobulin_regionUnrated
gene with stop codon redefined as selenocysteineUnrated gene_with_stop_codon_redefined_as_selenocysteineUnrated
INSDC_note:sequence_comparisonUnrated sequence comparisonUnrated sequence_comparisonUnrated
H2BK12acUnrated H2BK12 acetylation siteUnrated H2BK12_acetylation_siteUnrated
vertebrate immune system gene recombination featureUnrated vertebrate_immune_system_gene_recombination_featureUnrated
chromosome fissionUnrated chromosome_fissionUnrated
trans splice siteUnrated trans_splice_siteUnrated
duplication artifactUnrated duplication_artifactUnrated

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