J2dpathway: A Global Metabolic Pathway Viewer with Node-Abstracting Features.
- Author:
Eun Ha SONG
1
;
Seong Il HAM
;
San Duk YANG
;
Arang RHIE
;
Hyun Seok PARK
;
Sang Ho LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Computer Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-75, Korea. neo@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
drawing algorithm;
edge crossings;
metabolic pathway;
scale-free network
- MeSH:
Metabolic Networks and Pathways;
Pliability
- From:Genomics & Informatics
2008;6(2):68-71
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The static approach of representing metabolic pathway diagrams offers no flexibility. Thus, many systems adopt automatic graph layout techniques to visualize the topological architecture of pathways. There are weaknesses, however, because automatically drawn figures are generally difficult to understand. The problem becomes even more serious when we attempt to visualize all of the information in a single, big picture, which usually results in a confusing diagram. To provide a partial solution to this thorny issue, we propose J2dpathway, a metabolic pathway atlas viewer that has node-abstracting features.
