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. 2015 Aug 25;4:38. doi: 10.1186/s13742-015-0077-2

Table 2.

Visualization tools for pathways

Standalone applications
Tool and references Description URL
BiNA [190] Drawings of metabolic networks supporting hiding of cofactors and drawing of chemical structures http://bina.unipax.info/
BioTapestry [191] Interactive tool for building, visualizing and sharing gene regulatory network models over the web http://www.biotapestry.org/
Caleydo [192] Visual analysis framework targeted at biomolecular data. Visualization of interdependencies between multiple datasets http://www.caleydo.org/
CellDesigner [193] A modeling tool for biochemical networks http://www.celldesigner.org/
Edinburgh Pathway Editor [194] Edit and draw pathway diagrams http://epe.sourceforge.net/SourceForge/EPE.html
GenMAPP [195] Visualization of gene expression and other genomic data on maps representing biological pathways and groupings of genes http://www.genmapp.org/
Ingenuity IPA Data integration platform and manually annotated pathways http://tinyurl.com/IngenuityPath
JDesigner [196] Graphical modeling environment for biochemical reaction networks http://jdesigner.sourceforge.net/Site/JDesigner.html
KaPPA View [197] Plant pathways http://kpv.kazusa.or.jp/
KEGG Atlas [198] Interactive Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways http://www.genome.jp/kegg/
Omix [199] Visualizing multi-omics data in metabolic networks https://www.omix-visualization.com
PathVisio [52] Biological pathway analysis software that allows drawing, editing and analysis of biological pathways http://www.pathvisio.org/
VitaPad [200] Application to visualize biological pathways and map experimental data to them http://tinyurl.com/vitapad/
Web tools for pathways
ArrayXPath [201] Mapping and visualizing microarray gene-expression data and integrated biological pathway resources using SVG http://tinyurl.com/ArrayXPath/
GEPAT [202] Integrated analysis of transcriptome data in genomic, proteomic and metabolic contexts http://gepat.sourceforge.net/
iPath [50, 203] Web-based tool for the visualization, analysis and customization of pathway maps http://pathways.embl.de/
Kegg-Based Viewer [204] KEGG-based pathway visualization tool for complex high-throughput data http://www.g-language.org/data/marray/
MapMan [61] User-driven tool that displays large datasets onto diagrams of metabolic pathways or other processes http://mapman.gabipd.org/web/guest/mapman
MetPA [205] Analysis and visualization of metabolomic data within the biological context of metabolic pathways http://metpa.metabolomics.ca
Omics Viewer [206] Data mapping on BioCyc pathways (collection of 5500 pathway/genome databases) http://www.biocyc.org/
Pathway Explorer [207] Interactive Java drawing tool for the construction of biological pathway diagrams in a visual way and the annotation of the components and interactions between them http://genome.tugraz.at/pathwayexplorer/pathwayexplorer_description.shtml
Pathway projector [208] Zoomable pathway browser using KEGG atlas and Google Maps API http://www.g-language.org/PathwayProjector/
PATIKA [51] Integrated environment composed of a central database and a visual editor, built around an extensive ontology and an integration framework http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~patikaweb/
Reactome SkyPainter [62] Visualization of over-represented pathways and reactions from gene lists http://www.reactome.org/skypainter-2
WikiPathways [209] Wiki-based, open, public platform dedicated to the curation of biological pathways by and for the scientific community http://www.wikipathways.org/