title: PathVisio-MIM: PathVisio plugin for creating and editing Molecular Interaction Maps (MIMs).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A plugin for the Java-based PathVisio pathway editor has been developed to help users draw diagrams of bioregulatory networks according to the Molecular Interaction Map (MIM) notation. Together with the core PathVisio application, this plugin presents a simple to use and cross-platform application for the construction of complex MIM diagrams with the ability to annotate diagram elements with comments, literature references and links to external databases. This tool extends the capabilities of the PathVisio pathway editor by providing both MIM-specific glyphs and support for a MIM-specific markup language file format for exchange with other MIM-compatible tools and diagram validation.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The PathVisio-MIM plugin is freely available and works with versions of PathVisio 2.0.11 and later on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Information about MIM notation and the MIMML format is available at http://discover.nci.nih.gov/mim. The plugin, along with diagram examples, instructions and Java source code, may be downloaded at http://discover.nci.nih.gov/mim/mim_pathvisio.html.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. margot@discover.nci.nih.gov
authors.forename: Augustin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.forename: Margot L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Sunshine
authors.forename: Martijn P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: van Iersel
authors.forename: Mirit I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Aladjem
authors.forename: Kurt W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kohn
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation / Q000379:methods; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface