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Stereoscopic virtual environments provide a true three-dimensional representation of metabolic networks, which can be intuitively manipulated, and may help to manage the data complexity.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Results: MetNet3D, a 3D virtual reality system, allows a user to explore gene expression and metabolic pathway data simultaneously. Normalized gene expression data are processed in R and visualized as a 3D plot. Users can find a particular gene of interest or a cluster of genes that behave similarly and see how these genes function in metabolic networks from MetNetDB, a database of Arabidopsis metabolic networks, using animated network graphs. Interactive virtual reality, with its enhanced ability to display more information, makes such integration more effective by abstracting key relationships.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Availability: MetNet3D and some sample datasets are available at http:\/\/www.vrac.iastate.edu\/research\/sites\/metnet\/Download\/Download.htm<\/jats:p><jats:p>Contact: \u00a0julied@iastate.edu<\/jats:p><jats:p>Supplementary information: Color snapshots and movies are available at http:\/\/www.vrac.iastate.edu\/research\/sites\/metnet\/Bioinformatics\/SupplementaryInformation.htm<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/bti581","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,7,15]],"date-time":"2005-07-15T00:13:59Z","timestamp":1121386439000},"page":"3645-3650","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":35,"title":["Integration of metabolic networks and gene expression in virtual reality"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Yuting","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Levent","family":"Engin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Eve Syrkin","family":"Wurtele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carolina","family":"Cruz-Neira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Julie A.","family":"Dickerson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,7,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023060912063382400_B1","unstructured":"Becker, M.Y. and Rojas, I. 2001A graph layout algorithm for drawing metabolic pathways. 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