What is it about?
This paper describes recent updates to our database of biological pathways. For example, the amount of biology described by the pathways has increased a lot. Also, various updates of tools used to make and use these pathways, like PathVisio and Cytoscape, are discussed.
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Why is it important?
Biological pathway knowledge is important to understand how organisms work and respond. For example, they help us design medicine, improve the safety of chemicals that increase our living standards, and study (rare) diseases.
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This page is a summary of: WikiPathways: capturing the full diversity of pathway knowledge, Nucleic Acids Research, October 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1024.
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