Diff for "Molecular_Interaction_Maps"

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About this document

This is an official Request for Comment (RFC) for Supporting Molecular Interaction Maps in Cytoscape.

For details on RFCs in general, check out the [http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Request+for+Comments&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&linktext=Request%20for%20Comments Wikipedia Entry: Request for Comments (RFCs)]

Status

* preliminary draft

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Proposal

A Molecular Interaction Map (MIM) is a diagram convention that is capable of unambiguous representation of networks containing multi-protein complexes, protein modifications, and enzymes that are substrates of other enzymes. MIMs are described in detail at http://discover.nci.nih.gov/mim/index.jsp and in a seminal article by Kohn et al at http://www.molbiolcell.org/cgi/content/abstract/E05-09-0824v1

An example MIM is below inline:mim_eg.png

MIMs have been developed at the National Cancer Institute (specifically the Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology). They are looking into what it would take to develop an Editor to create Molecular Interaction Maps (MIMs) in an editor to yield both a graphical view and a computer-readable format (preferrably BioPax). They are interested in seeing if such a MIM editor could be developed for Cytoscape.

MIM symbols are defined in the figure below:

inline:Kohn_SymbDefH3.jpg

QUESTION: Is this the most recent definition of map symbols? In particular, are site-specific constructs, such as cleavage, still defined as requirements?

This proposal will specify the mapping between MIM constructs and their proposed counterparts in Cytoscape. A prioritized set of requirements will be presented. Enhancements needed in the editor, renderer, and/or other Cytoscape components will be identified.

Biological Questions / Use Cases

General Notes

From an initial reading of the article by Kohn et al at http://www.molbiolcell.org/cgi/content/abstract/E05-09-0824v1, an initial description of potential mappings between MIM and Cytoscape constructs was derived.

Requirements

Deferred Items

Open Issues

Backward Compatibility

Expected growth and plan for growth

References

Implementation Plan

• ["/Implementation Plan"]

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