The BioNLP module performs the following steps
to extract interaction information:
Breaks an abstract into sentences
Discards sentences that do not mention function words such
as ``inhibit'', ``activate'', etc.
Spots words that are likely to be protein names
Normalizes these names using dictionary
Fits sentences using templates to determine actors and patients
Example:
this apoptosis was attenuated by SB203580,
an inhibitor of p38, and by CEP-1347, an
inhibitor of JNK activation
yields
SB203580 --inhibit--> p38
CEP-1347 --inhibit--> JNK
