Automated Quantitative Assessment of Proteins' Biological Function in Protein Knowledge Bases

Table 1

Expressions and corresponding weights used in pfs calculation: terminology of devaluating meaning frequently used in Swiss-Prot entries, which were applied in (1).

Unknown	0.0
Not known	0.0
Not yet known	0.0
unnamed	0.0
Uncharacterized	0.0
Potential	0.5
Not clear	0.5
Not yet clear	0.5
By similarity	0.5
Putative	0.5
Similar to	0.5
Possible	0.5
Seems to	0.5
Thought to	0.5
Could be	0.5
Uncertain	0.5
Potentially	0.5
Might	0.5
May	0.5
Presumably	0.75
Probably	0.75
Probable	0.75