The
PathwayExplorer is an easy to use and platform independent interactive Java
drawing tool for the construction of biological pathway diagrams in a
visual way and the annotation of the components and interactions between
them. This novel drawing tool integrates the possibilities of charting
elements with different attributes (size, color, labels), drawing connections
between elements in distinct characteristics (color, structure, width,
arrows), as well as adding links to molecular biology databases, promoter
sequences, information on the function of the genes or gene products,
and references. The result of the editing process is a PNG (portable network
graphics) file for the images and XML (extended markup language) file
for the appropriate links. Further it is possible to map expression datasets
to the pathways by using gene RefSeq ids. It is also possible to use a
SOAP interface to access the pathways online.
For viewing and using the generated pathways you can use the provided
PathwayExplorer
web application.
An example of an image map constructed using the PathwayEditor is the annotated pathway for insulin signaling (http://gold.tugraz.at)
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