CellNetVis: a web tool for visualization of biological networks using force-directed layout constrained by cellular components.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The advent of "omics" science has brought new perspectives in contemporary biology through the high-throughput analyses of molecular interactions, providing new clues in protein/gene function and in the organization of biological pathways. Biomolecular interaction networks, or graphs, are simple abstract representations where the components of a cell (e.g. proteins, metabolites etc.) are represented by nodes and their interactions are represented by edges. An appropriate visualization of data is crucial for understanding such networks, since pathways are related to functions that occur in specific regions of the cell. The force-directed layout is an important and widely used technique to draw networks according to their topologies. Placing the networks into cellular comp

SUBMITTER: Heberle H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5606216 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature