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QuickGO Get Term Children

Get child terms (direct descendants) of a Gene Ontology (GO) term from the EBI QuickGO browser. Returns child term IDs, names, relationship type (is_a, part_of, regulates), and whether they have further children. Useful for navigating the GO hierarchy and finding more specific terms. Example: GO:0006915 (apoptotic process) has 29 children including 'intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway' and 'extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway'.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 102msCortexa

Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 102ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "go_id": {
      "description": "Gene Ontology term accession. Examples: 'GO:0006915' (apoptotic process), 'GO:0008150' (biological process), 'GO:0005575' (cellular component).",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "go_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default QuickGO Get Term Children call

public-safeinput

{
  "go_id": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_QuickGO_get_term_children
Tool name: QuickGO_get_term_children
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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