title: VitaPad: visualization tools for the analysis of pathway data.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Packages that support the creation of pathway diagrams are limited by their inability to be readily extended to new classes of pathway-related data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  VitaPad is a cross-platform application that enables users to create and modify biological pathway diagrams and incorporate microarray data with them. It improves on existing software in the following areas: (i) It can create diagrams dynamically through graph layout algorithms. (ii) It is open-source and uses an open XML format to store data, allowing for easy extension or integration with other tools. (iii) It features a cutting-edge user interface with intuitive controls, high-resolution graphics and fully customizable appearance.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  http://bioinformatics.med.yale.edu
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  matthew.holford@yale.edu; hongyu.zhao@yale.edu.
authors.affiliation: Center for Statistical Genomics and Proteomics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. matthew.holford@yale.edu
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holford
authors.forename: Naixin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nadkarni
authors.forename: Hongyu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface