VRML metabolic network visualizer.
A successful date collection visualization should satisfy a set of many requirements: unification of diverse data formats, support for serendipity research, support of hierarchical structures, algorithmizability, vast information density, Internet-readiness, and other. Recently, virtual reality has made significant progress in engineering, architectural design, entertainment and communication. We experiment with the possibility of using the immersive abstract three-dimensional visualizations of the metabolic networks. We present the trial Metabolic Network Visualizer software, which produces graphical representation of a metabolic network as a VRML world from a formal description written in a simple SGML-type scripting language.
Rojdestvenski
Igor
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Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå 90187, Sweden. igor.rojdestvenski@plantphys.umu.se
D019295:Computational Biology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003625:Data Collection; D016208:Databases, Factual; D008660:Metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface