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Title: Escher: A Web Application for Building, Sharing, and Embedding Data-Rich Visualizations of Biological Pathways

Abstract

Escher is a web application for visualizing data on biological pathways. Three key features make Escher a uniquely effective tool for pathway visualization. First, users can rapidly design new pathway maps. Escher provides pathway suggestions based on user data and genome-scale models, so users can draw pathways in a semi-automated way. Second, users can visualize data related to genes or proteins on the associated reactions and pathways, using rules that define which enzymes catalyze each reaction. Thus, users can identify trends in common genomic data types (e.g. RNA-Seq, proteomics, ChIP)—in conjunction with metabolite- and reaction-oriented data types (e.g. metabolomics, fluxomics). Third, Escher harnesses the strengths of web technologies (SVG, D3, developer tools) so that visualizations can be rapidly adapted, extended, shared, and embedded. This paper provides examples of each of these features and explains how the development approach used for Escher can be used to guide the development of future visualization tools.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Bioengineering
  2. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Bioengineering; Univ. of Tübingen (Germany). Center for Bioinformatics Tübingen (ZBIT)
  3. Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark). Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability
  4. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Pediatrics
  5. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Bioengineering. Dept. of Pediatrics
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States); Univ. of Tubingen (Germany); Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Inst. of Health (NIH) (United States); European Commission (EC); Novo Nordisk Foundation (Denmark)
OSTI Identifier:
1455068
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0008701; DGE-1144086; R21 HD080682; 332020; NNF 132150-002
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
PLoS Computational Biology (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: PLoS Computational Biology (Online); Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1553-7358
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; data visualization; metabolites; web-based applications; genome analysis; genomic databases; gene mapping; enzymes; protein metabolism

Citation Formats

King, Zachary A., Drager, Andreas, Ebrahim, Ali, Sonnenschein, Nikolaus, Lewis, Nathan E., and Palsson, Bernhard O. Escher: A Web Application for Building, Sharing, and Embedding Data-Rich Visualizations of Biological Pathways. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004321.
King, Zachary A., Drager, Andreas, Ebrahim, Ali, Sonnenschein, Nikolaus, Lewis, Nathan E., & Palsson, Bernhard O. Escher: A Web Application for Building, Sharing, and Embedding Data-Rich Visualizations of Biological Pathways. United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004321
King, Zachary A., Drager, Andreas, Ebrahim, Ali, Sonnenschein, Nikolaus, Lewis, Nathan E., and Palsson, Bernhard O. Thu . "Escher: A Web Application for Building, Sharing, and Embedding Data-Rich Visualizations of Biological Pathways". United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004321. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1455068.
@article{osti_1455068,
title = {Escher: A Web Application for Building, Sharing, and Embedding Data-Rich Visualizations of Biological Pathways},
author = {King, Zachary A. and Drager, Andreas and Ebrahim, Ali and Sonnenschein, Nikolaus and Lewis, Nathan E. and Palsson, Bernhard O.},
abstractNote = {Escher is a web application for visualizing data on biological pathways. Three key features make Escher a uniquely effective tool for pathway visualization. First, users can rapidly design new pathway maps. Escher provides pathway suggestions based on user data and genome-scale models, so users can draw pathways in a semi-automated way. Second, users can visualize data related to genes or proteins on the associated reactions and pathways, using rules that define which enzymes catalyze each reaction. Thus, users can identify trends in common genomic data types (e.g. RNA-Seq, proteomics, ChIP)—in conjunction with metabolite- and reaction-oriented data types (e.g. metabolomics, fluxomics). Third, Escher harnesses the strengths of web technologies (SVG, D3, developer tools) so that visualizations can be rapidly adapted, extended, shared, and embedded. This paper provides examples of each of these features and explains how the development approach used for Escher can be used to guide the development of future visualization tools.},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004321},
journal = {PLoS Computational Biology (Online)},
number = 8,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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Genome-wide gene expression and RNA half-life measurements allow predictions of regulation and metabolic behavior in Methanosarcina acetivorans
journal, November 2016


Engineering and systems-level analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid via malonyl-CoA reductase-dependent pathway
journal, March 2016

  • Kildegaard, Kanchana R.; Jensen, Niels B.; Schneider, Konstantin
  • Microbial Cell Factories, Vol. 15, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12934-016-0451-5

Population FBA predicts metabolic phenotypes in yeast
journal, September 2017


COBRAme: A computational framework for genome-scale models of metabolism and gene expression
journal, July 2018


A diurnal flux balance model of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 metabolism
journal, January 2019


FindPrimaryPairs: An efficient algorithm for predicting element-transferring reactant/product pairs in metabolic networks
journal, February 2018


Effects of MCHM on yeast metabolism
journal, October 2019


Rewiring monocyte glucose metabolism via C-type lectin signaling protects against disseminated candidiasis
journal, September 2017


Enzyme promiscuity shapes adaptation to novel growth substrates
journal, April 2019

  • Guzmán, Gabriela I.; Sandberg, Troy E.; LaCroix, Ryan A.
  • Molecular Systems Biology, Vol. 15, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.15252/msb.20188462

Multi-Omics and Genome-Scale Modeling Reveal a Metabolic Shift During C. elegans Aging
journal, February 2019

  • Hastings, Janna; Mains, Abraham; Virk, Bhupinder
  • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, Vol. 6
  • DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00002

Systems Biology and Multi-Omics Integration: Viewpoints from the Metabolomics Research Community
journal, April 2019

  • Pinu, Farhana R.; Beale, David J.; Paten, Amy M.
  • Metabolites, Vol. 9, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.3390/metabo9040076

Answer Set Programming for Computing Constraints-Based Elementary Flux Modes: Application to Escherichia coli Core Metabolism
journal, December 2020

  • Mahout, Maxime; Carlson, Ross P.; Peres, Sabine
  • Processes, Vol. 8, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.3390/pr8121649