Patent Document ID: 20060031210
Application ID: 11192804
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computational method for analyzing biological data, comprising: a) loading a reference graph from a reference data source, wherein the paths of the graph are associated with metabolic, regulatory, and signaling pathway network regions; b) selecting at least one perturbed node to be analyzed; c) placing the perturbed node to be analyzed at the center of a graph; d) defining a predetermined search depth value; e) searching for an at least second perturbed node along each network path emanating from the node at the center of the graph, wherein the search parameters do not exceed the predetermined search depth value; f) identifying all at least second perturbed nodes encountered in the search; g) repeating the search of step (e) for an at least third perturbed node along each path emanating from the at least second perturbed node, wherein the search parameters do not exceed the predetermined search depth value; h) repeating the identification of step (f) for the at least third perturbed nodes; i) repeating the search of step (g) and the identification of step (h) for each perturbed node until no more perturbed nodes are found within the predetermined search depth value as measured from each perturbed node; and j) displaying the graph so as to demarcate all perturbed nodes.