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BioTapestry

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BioTapestry
Developer(s)Institute for Systems Biology
Stable release
7.0.0 / 22 September 2014
Operating systemAny (Java-based)
LicenseLGPL
WebsiteBioTapestry home

BioTapestry is an open source software application for modeling and visualizing gene regulatory networks (GRNs).[1][2]

History

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BioTapestry was created at the Institute of Systems Biology in Seattle, in collaboration with the Davidson Lab at the California Institute of Technology. The project was initiated to support the ongoing development of the model of the GRN regulating the development of the endomesoderm in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. BioTapestry was initially made public in late 2003 as a web-based, read-only interactive viewer for the sea urchin network, with the first fully functional editor released in August 2004 (v0.94.1). The current version, 7.0.0, was released in September 2014.

Development

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Development work on BioTapestry is ongoing. For more information about version 7.0, see the release notes page.

Usage

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BioTapestry is an interactive tool for modeling and visualizing gene regulatory networks.

Interactive examples

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Features

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Input

  • Gene Regulatory Networks can be drawn by hand.
  • Networks can be built using lists of interactions entered via dialog boxes.
  • Lists of interactions can be input using comma-separated-value (CSV) files.
  • Networks can be built using SIF files as input.
  • BioTapestry can accept network definitions via the Gaggle framework.

Visualization

  • BioTapestry uses orthogonal-directed hyperlinks and a hierarchical presentation of models.

Analysis

Documentation

  • The BioTapestry home page has links to several tutorials for using the software.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Longabaugh WJR, Davidson EH, Bolouri H (2005). "Computational representation of developmental genetic regulatory networks". Dev. Biol. 283 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.04.023. PMID 15907831.
  2. ^ Longabaugh WJR, Davidson EH, Bolouri H (2009). "Visualization, documentation, analysis, and communication of large-scale gene regulatory networks". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1789 (4): 363–74. doi:10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.07.014. PMC 2762351. PMID 18757046.
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