Table 1.
Comparison of the MBC ontology with other ontologies.
| Ontology | Processes | Genes | Process-gene associations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Ontology biologicalprocess 2015 | 5192 | 14262 | 301878 |
| Reactome 2016 | 1530 | 8973 | 97479 |
| Molecular Biology of the Cell | 753 | 5385 | 19180 |
| Kegg 2016 | 293 | 7010 | 25391 |
| Wikipathways 2016* | 281 | 4950 | 12853 |
| Biocarta 2016 | 237 | 1348 | 4420 |
For each of the indicated ontologies we counted the number of processes, genes and gene process associations. In its current version, the MBC Ontology ranks in the middle of the selected ontologies. A main difference of the MBC Ontology with the other ontologies is its strict focus on cell biology and its aim to cover most of the cell biology that is presented in cell biological text books. *Only human processes were considered.