title: DNAplotlib: Programmable Visualization of Genetic Designs and Associated Data.
abstract: DNAplotlib ( www.dnaplotlib.org ) is a computational toolkit for the programmable visualization of highly customizable, standards-compliant genetic designs. Functions are provided to aid with both visualization tasks and to extract and overlay associated experimental data. High-quality output is produced in the form of vector-based PDFs, rasterized images, and animated movies. All aspects of the rendering process can be easily customized or extended by the user to cover new forms of genetic part or regulation. DNAplotlib supports improved communication of genetic design information and offers new avenues for static, interactive and dynamic visualizations that map and explore the links between the structure and function of genetic parts, devices and systems; including metabolic pathways and genetic circuits. DNAplotlib is cross-platform software developed using Python.
authors.affiliation: Synthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Bryan S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Der
authors.affiliation: Synthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Emerson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glassey
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington 98195, United States.
authors.forename: Bryan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bartley
authors.affiliation: MIT Microbiology Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Casper
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Enghuus
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.|Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.affiliation: Synthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: D Benjamin
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.affiliation: Synthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Voigt
authors.affiliation: Synthetic Biology Center, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Gorochowski
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D012984:Software; D058615:Synthetic Biology / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: SBOLv; biodesign automation; standardization; synthetic biology; visualization