In Pathway
Assist, a biological interaction network is a set of
‘nodes’ interconnected by
links called ‘controls’. The
‘nodes’, in
this case, refers to biological molecules and ‘controls’
refers to interactions
between nodes.
An example
of a Pathway Assist Biological
Interaction Network is shown below:
There are 8 different types of ‘nodes’ and each is represented in a unique graphical form:
Each ‘node’
is clickable to view the annotation information. This
includes the molecule name, alias,
description, HUGO ID, Swiss Prot ID, MGI ID, OMIM ID, Locuslink ID, RGD
ID,
Unigene ID, Gene Ontolology terms, and organism name.
‘Controls’
are represented as arrows with different colors in the network, each
representing a type of control/interaction.
The 9 ‘control’ types are shown below:
