New Applied Bioinformatics Study Findings Have Been Reported by Researchers at Bilkent University, Center for Bioinformatics.(Report)

New research, 'ChiBE: interactive visualization and manipulation of BioPAX pathway models,' is the subject of a report. "Representing models of cellular processes or pathways in a graphically rich form facilitates interpretation of biological observations and generation of new hypotheses. Solving biological problems using large pathway datasets requires software that can combine data mapping, querying and visualization as well as providing access to diverse data resources on the Internet," scientists in Ankara, Turkey report.

"ChiBE is an open source software application that features user-friendly multi-view display, navigation and manipulation of pathway models in BioPAX format. Pathway views are rendered in a feature-rich format, and may be laid out and edited with state-of-the-art visualization methods, including compound or nested structures for visualizing cellular compartments and molecular complexes," wrote O. Babur and colleagues, Bilkent University, Center for Bioinformatics.

The researchers concluded: "Users can easily query and visualize pathways through an integrated Pathway Commons query tool and analyze molecular profiles in pathway context."

Babur and colleagues published their study in Bioinformatics (ChiBE: interactive visualization and manipulation of BioPAX pathway models. Bioinformatics, 2010;26(3):429-31).

For additional information, contact O. Babur, Center for Bioinformatics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

The publisher's contact information for the journal Bioinformatics is: Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon St., Oxford OX2 6DP, England.

Keywords: City:Ankara, Country:Turkey, Applied Bioinformatics, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Software.

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