| Literature DB >> 11557880 |
P D Karp1.
Abstract
A pathway database (DB) is a DB that describes biochemical pathways, reactions, and enzymes. The EcoCyc pathway DB (see http://ecocyc.org) describes the metabolic, transport, and genetic-regulatory networks of Escherichia coli. EcoCyc is an example of a computational symbolic theory, which is a DB that structures a scientific theory within a formal ontology so that it is available for computational analysis. It is argued that by encoding scientific theories in symbolic form, we open new realms of analysis and understanding for theories that would otherwise be too large and complex for scientists to reason with effectively.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11557880 DOI： 10.1126/science.1064621
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728