Pathway Commons
Pathway Commons is a centralized web resource that aggregates biological pathway and molecular interaction data from 22 major public databases into standardized BioPAX format. It provides 4,794 pathways and over 2.3 million molecular interactions accessible through multiple interfaces including web portal, REST API, and downloadable datasets, supporting systems biology research, pathway analysis, and network visualization.
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