Title
PathFinder: reconstruction and dynamic visualization of metabolic pathways.
Abstract
Motivation: Beyond methods for a gene-wise annotation and analysis of sequenced genomes new automated methods for functional analysis on a higher level are needed. The identification of realized metabolic pathways provides valuable information on gene expression and regulation. Detection of incomplete pathways helps to improve a constantly evolving genome annotation or discover alternative biochemical pathways. To utilize automated genome analysis on the level of metabolic pathways new methods for the dynamic representation and visualization of pathways are needed. Results: PathFinder is a tool for the dynamic visualization of metabolic pathways based on annotation data. Pathways are represented as directed acyclic graphs, graph layout algorithms accomplish the dynamic drawing and visualization of the metabolic maps. A more detailed analysis of the input data on the level of biochemical pathways helps to identify genes and detect improper parts of annotations. As an Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) based internet application PathFinder reads a list of EC-numbers or a given annotation in EMBL- or Genbank-format and dynamically generates pathway graphs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1093/bioinformatics/18.1.124
BIOINFORMATICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
gene expression,source code,relational database management system,genome annotation,functional analysis,directed acyclic graph,metabolic pathway
Graph drawing,Data mining,Pathfinder,Annotation,Genome project,Source code,Visualization,Computer science,Relational database management system,Bioinformatics,Web server
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
1
1367-4803
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
24
2.00
14
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alexander Goesmann125819.81
Martin Haubrock243944.78
Folker Meyer348451.83
Jörn Kalinowski4695.70
Robert Giegerich51616130.26