GALANT: a Cytoscape plugin for visualizing data as functional landscapes projected onto biological networks

Bioinformatics. 2013 Oct 1;29(19):2505-6. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt377. Epub 2013 Jul 26.

Abstract

Summary: Network-level visualization of functional data is a key aspect of both analysis and understanding of biological systems. In a continuing effort to create clear and integrated visualizations that facilitate the gathering of novel biological insights despite the overwhelming complexity of data, we present here the GrAph LANdscape VisualizaTion (GALANT), a Cytoscape plugin that builds functional landscapes onto biological networks. By using GALANT, it is possible to project any type of numerical data onto a network to create a smoothed data map resembling the network layout. As a Cytoscape plugin, GALANT is further improved by the functionalities of Cytoscape, the popular bioinformatics package for biological network visualization and data integration.

Availability: http://www.lbbc.ibb.unesp.br/galant.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Lung Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Software*