IM Browser manual: Shortest path

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System Requirements

Description of interface

Connection to a database

Query forms to add/filter/color a graph

Add Interactions

Filter a graph

Color a graph

Layout a graph

Node and edge information

Save options

Deployment

Color graph

By gene attributes

By interaction attributes

By table name

By table count

Edit color schema

Color a set of nodes/edges

Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
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Detroit, MI 48201

IM Browser Manual

Shortest path

IM Browser calculates all the shortest paths between two entered genes/proteins.

Example: Calculate shortest paths between genes "TBPH" and "cad" and add them to the graph.

1. From the main menu select 'Edit'->'Add Shortest Path'. 2. In the displayed dialog box select tables of interest. 3. If you know genes ID, enter them in the text area. If you don't know the IDs, click on Find ID. 4. Click on "Search for genes/proteins in look-up tables".
A new dialog box will appear. 1. In the push-down menu select “Symbol”. 2. In the text area enter 'tbph,cad".
If the genes with such names are found, IM Browser will display IDs of the found genes. 1. Select two genes. 2. Press “OK”. 3. Press “OK” again. 4. Press "OK" one more time.
After calculating the shortest path, IM Browser will display in the Message Board the length of the path.