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PyBEL: a computational framework for Biological Expression Language.

ABSTRACT: Summary:Biological Expression Language (BEL) assembles knowledge networks from biological relations across multiple modes and scales. Here, we present PyBEL; a software package for parsing, validating, converting, storing, querying, and visualizing networks encoded in BEL. Availability and implementation:PyBEL is implemented in platform-independent, universal Python code. Its source is distributed under the Apache 2.0 License at https://github.com/pybel. Contact:charles.hoyt@scai.fraunhofer.de. Supplementary information:Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

SUBMITTER: Hoyt CT

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860616 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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PyBEL: a computational framework for Biological Expression Language.

Hoyt Charles Tapley CT Konotopez Andrej A Ebeling Christian C Wren Jonathan J

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20180201 4

<h4>Summary</h4>Biological Expression Language (BEL) assembles knowledge networks from biological relations across multiple modes and scales. Here, we present PyBEL; a software package for parsing, validating, converting, storing, querying, and visualizing networks encoded in BEL.<h4>Availability and implementation</h4>PyBEL is implemented in platform-independent, universal Python code. Its source is distributed under the Apache 2.0 License at https://github.com/pybel.<h4>Contact</h4>charles.hoy ...[more]

PMID: 29048466

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PyBEL: a computational framework for Biological Expression Language.

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PyBEL: a computational framework for Biological Expression Language.

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