Category:ECO:0005547 ! biological system reconstruction evidence based on inference from background scientific knowledge used in manual assertion

name: biological system reconstruction evidence based on inference from background scientific knowledge used in manual assertion
def: "A type of biological system reconstruction evidence based on inference from background scientific knowledge that is used in a manual assertion." [ECO:SN, PMID:17876790]
is_a: ECO:0000352 ! evidence used in manual assertion
is_a: ECO:0005548 ! biological system reconstruction evidence based on inference from background scientific knowledge
relationship: used_in: ECO:0000218 ! manual assertion
intersection_of: ECO:0005548 ! biological system reconstruction evidence based on inference from background scientific knowledge
intersection_of: used_in ECO:0000218 ! manual assertion
comment: Functional studies or ligand binding evidence are often used for the reconstruction of biological systems. It does not provide physical interaction evidence but uses proxies such a ligand binding evidences to infer the presence or absence of the complex components.