Method for organizing and depicting biological elements

Method of visualising biological entities, especially linear macromolecules, by means of a data processing system, comprising the steps of

• providing a multidimensional graphical representation of one or more biological entities on a graphical user interface,
• interacting with said graphical user interface to select a point or feature of a portion of said graphical user interface containing said representation,
• determining a part of a biological entity to be selected that was not represented by a feature selected in said previous interaction step and selecting said part of said biological entity,
• performing an operation on the representation of the selected part of said entity.

Method of visualising biological entities, especially linear polymer molecules or ensembles of polymer molecules, by means of a data processing system, comprising the steps of

• providing data representing at least one biological entity as consisting of basic biological units wherein said data related to said biological entity comprise data assigning one or more biological units to one or more structural units of said biological entity, said structural units and said biological units forming a hierarchy in that each of said structural units comprises at least one basic biological unit and/or another structural unit,
• providing a multidimensional graphical representation of one or more biological entities on a graphical user interface,
• selecting a level of hierarchy and
• operating on the graphical user interface on the basis of the selected hierarchy.

Method of visualising linear polymer molecules or ensembles of linear polymer molecules, especially biological macromolecules, by means of a data processing system comprising the steps of

• providing data representing one or more molecules as consisting of basic units,
• providing a multidimensional graphical representation of the molecule or molecules on a graphical user interface,
• providing a one-dimensional representation of said linear molecule or molecules on the same graphical user interface, said one-dimensional representation comprising subsequent graphical sites representing the site of subsequent basic units, wherein each basic unit is represented by a symbol indicating the respective basic unit,
• providing at least one further one-dimensional representation comprising a sequence of graphical sites which are at least partly aligned with the one-dimensional representation of said linear molecule or molecules on the same graphical user interface,
• interacting with one of said further one-dimensional representations to select one or more sites corresponding to sites of basic elements of said linear molecule or molecules,
• selecting the basic units in the multidimensional representation of said molecule or molecules corresponding to the selected sites in said further one-dimensional representation.

Method of visualising biological entities, especially linear polymer molecules, by means of a data processing system comprising the steps of

• providing a multidimensional graphical representation of one or more biological entities on a graphical user interface,
• selecting one or more points or features of a portion of said graphical user interface containing said representation,
• performing a calculation having as input parameters parameters related to one or more selected points or features of the graphical user interface or one or more portions of a biological entity previously selected and having as output data related to a multidimensional graphical representation of a biological entity,
• altering said multidimensional graphical representation according to the result of said calculation.

Apparatus for organizing and depicting one or more biological elements, said apparatus comprising:

• a receiving module for receiving an input to select one or more databases,
• a receiving module for receiving further input to select one or more desired data sets from the one or more databases based on one or more selection criteria,
• a determination module for determining at least one first feature element from each of said one or more data sets,
• a determination module for determining a graphical representation for displaying at least one of the biological elements corresponding to said one or more data sets and,
• an enhancing module for enhancing a display of a basic environment element by locating at least one of said graphical representations of said biological elements on said display of said basic environment element, depending on the information contained in said first feature element.

Apparatus for visualising biological entities, especially linear polymer molecules or ensembles of linear polymer molecules, comprising:

• means providing a multidimensional graphical representation of one or more biological entities on a graphical user interface,
• interaction means for interacting with said graphical user interface to select a point or feature of a portion of said graphical user interface containing said representation,
• means for determining a part of a biological entity to be selected that was not represented by a feature selected in said previous interaction step and selecting said part of said entity,
• means for performing an operation on the representation of the selected part of said entities.

Apparatus for visualising biological entities, especially linear polymer molecules or ensembles of linear polymer molecules, comprising:

• means for storing data representing at least one biological entity as consisting of basic biological units wherein said data related to said biological entity comprise data assigning one or more biological units to one or more structural units of said biological entity, said structural units and said biological units forming a hierarchy in that each of said structural units comprises at least one basic biological unit and/or another structural unit,
• means for providing a multidimensional graphical representation of one or more biological entities on a graphical user interface,
• means for selecting a level of hierarchy,
• wherein said apparatus performs operations on the graphical user interface on the basis of a previously selected hierarchy level.

Apparatus for visualising linear polymer molecules or ensembles of linear polymer molecules, especially biological macromolecules or ensembles thereof, comprising:

• means for receiving data representing a molecule or molecules as consisting of basic units,
• means providing a multidimensional graphical representation of the molecule or molecules on a graphical user interface,
• means providing a one-dimensional representation of said linear molecule or molecules on the same graphical user interface, said one-dimensional representation comprising subsequent graphical sites representing the site of subsequent basic units, wherein each basic unit is represented by a symbol indicating the respective basic unit,
• means providing at least one further one-dimensional representation comprising a sequence of graphical sites which are at least partly aligned with the one-dimensional representation of said linear molecule or molecules on the same graphical user interface,
• means for interacting with one of said further one-dimensional representations to select one or more sites corresponding to sites of basic elements of said linear molecule or molecules,
• wherein said apparatus selects the basic units in the multidimensional representation of said molecule or molecules corresponding to the selected sites in said further one-dimensional representation.

Apparatus for visualising biological entities, especially linear polymer molecules or ensembles thereof, comprising:

• means providing a multidimensional graphical representation of one or more biological entities on a graphical user interface,
• means for selecting one or more points or features of a portion of said graphical user interface containing said representation,
• means performing a calculation having as input parameters parameters related to one or more selected points or features of the graphical user interface or one or more portions of said biological entity previously selected and having as output parameters parameters related to a multidimensional graphical representation of a biological entity,
• means for altering said multidimensional graphical representation according to the result of said calculation.