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WikiPathways

WikiPathways

Database of biological pathways WikiPathways: an open resource for biological pathways.ContentDescriptionA wiki-based resource for collection, maintenance and distribution of biological pathwaysContactPrimary citationPMID 18651794AccessData formatGPML BioPAXWebsitehttp://www.wikipathways.orgDownload URLPathwaysWeb service URLRESTSparql endpointhttps://sparql.wikipathways.org/sparqlMiscellaneousLicenseCreative Commons 0Data releasefrequencymonthly WikiPathways is a community resource for contributing and maintaining content dedicated to biological pathways. Any registered WikiPathways user can contribute, and anybody can become a registered user. Contributions are monitored by a group of admins, but the bulk of peer review, editorial curation, and maintenance is the responsibility of the user community. WikiPathways is originally built using MediaWiki software, a custom graphical pathway editing tool (PathVisio) and integrated BridgeDb databases covering major gene, protein, and metabolite systems. WikiPathways was founded in 2007 by Thomas Kelder, Alex Pico, Martijn Van Iersel, Kristina Hanspers, Bruce Conklin and Chris Evelo, and was first published in 2008. Current architects are