reannotate

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English

Etymology

re- +‎ annotate

Verb

reannotate (third-person singular simple present reannotates, present participle reannotating, simple past and past participle reannotated)

  1. To annotate again or differently.
  2. (biochemistry) To revise a previous annotation of a gene or protein
    • 2006, Jin Xiong, Essential Bioinformatics, →ISBN, page 18:
      To alleviate the problem of naming genes, reannotation of genes and proteins using a set of common, controlled vocabulary to describe a gene or protein is necessary.

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