Genomics Inform.  2009 Sep;7(3):168-170.

A Computer-aided Design Tool with Semiautomatic Image-Processing Features for Visualizing Biological Pathways

• Ham SI
• Yang SD
• Thong CT
• Park HS

Abstract

The explosion in biological data resulting from highthroughput experiments requires new software tools to manipulate and display pathways in a way that can integrate disparate sources of information. A visual Java-based CAD tool for drawing and annotating biological pathways with semiautomatic image-processing features is described in this paper. The result of the image-editing process is an XML file for the appropriate links. This tool integrates the pathway images and XML file sources. The system has facilities for linking graphical objects to external databases and is capable of reproducing existing visual representations of pathway maps.

Keyword

bioinformatics; computer-aided design; metabolic pathway visualization; systems biology

MeSH Terms

Computational Biology
Computer-Aided Design
Explosions
Software
Systems Biology