NAME

get_subontology_from.pl - Extracts a subontology (in OBO format) of a given ontology having as root the given term ID.

USAGE

get_subontology_from.pl input_ontology.obo term_id > sub_ontology.obo

DESCRIPTION

Given an OBO-formatted ontology (such as the Gene Ontology), this script extracts a subontology (in OBO format) having as root node the provided term ID. This script can easily be adapted to get such subontology (branch) taking into account the name (or synonym) of a given term.

AUTHOR

Erick Antezana, <erick.antezana -@- gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2010 by Erick Antezana

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.