Integrando novas funções ao software Medusa de análise gênica em vias Ontocancro no estudo do câncer

Abstract

In order to contribute with researches for the cancer study, the project Ontocancro, from the bioinformatics area, gathered information related to genes involved in the carcinogenic process from the genes database of NCI-Nature, BioCarta, KEGG, Reactome, Prosite, GO and STRING. So the project database is continuously accessed by researchers from the field. This paper has as objective programming a tool that makes this information research easier in the project database, in order that it demands less time from the researcher once trying to find the information. Another useful tool for the professionals from this field is the open code software called Medusa, used to visualize the protein interaction networks from samples obtain by the scientists. The tool processes a graph that shows the protein interactions with each other and also other information regarding each network protein. For that, this paper aims to program new procedures to this tool, integrating it to the Ontocancro database, aggregating new functionalities to make the pathways samples research and identification easier.