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regulates

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002211

p regulates q iff p is causally upstream of q, the execution of p is not constant and varies according to specific conditions, and p influences the rate or magnitude of execution of q due to an effect either on some enabler of q or some enabler of a part of q.

process(P1) regulates process(P2) iff: P1 results in the initiation or termination of P2 OR affects the frequency of its initiation or termination OR affects the magnitude or rate of output of P2.

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OBO foundry unique label

regulates (processual)

curator note

Regulation precludes parthood; the regulatory process may not be within the regulated process.

definition source

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro/docs/causal-relations,GO

editor note

We use 'regulates' here to specifically imply control. However, many colloquial usages of the term correctly correspond to the weaker relation of 'causally upstream of or within' (aka influences). Consider relabeling to make things more explicit

elucidation

false

has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000125

has obo namespace

external,gene_ontology

id

regulates

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl,http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

shorthand

regulates

term editor

Chris Mungall,https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7476-6306,Tanya Berardini,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3837-8864,David Hill

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