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Presenting and exploring biological pathways with PathVisio
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https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-9-399No data is associated with this publication.
Abstract
Background
Biological pathways are a useful abstraction of biological concepts, and software tools to deal with pathway diagrams can help biological research. PathVisio is a new visualization tool for biological pathways that mimics the popular GenMAPP tool with a completely new Java implementation that allows better integration with other open source projects. The GenMAPP MAPP file format is replaced by GPML, a new XML file format that provides seamless exchange of graphical pathway information among multiple programs.Results
PathVisio can be combined with other bioinformatics tools to open up three possible uses: visual compilation of biological knowledge, interpretation of high-throughput expression datasets, and computational augmentation of pathways with interaction information. PathVisio is open source software and available at http://www.pathvisio.org.Conclusion
PathVisio is a graphical editor for biological pathways, with flexibility and ease of use as primary goals.Many UC-authored scholarly publications are freely available on this site because of the UC's open access policies. Let us know how this access is important for you.