xiNET: cross-link network maps with residue resolution.

ABSTRACT

UNLABELLED xiNET is a visualization tool for exploring cross-linking/mass spectrometry results. The interactive maps of the cross-link network that it generates are a type of node-link diagram. In these maps xiNET displays (1) residue resolution positional information including linkage sites and linked peptides; (2) all types of cross-linking reaction product; (3) ambiguous results; and, (4) additional sequence information such as domains. xiNET runs in a browser and exports vector graphics which can be edited in common drawing packages to create publication quality figures. AVAILABILITY: xiNET is open source, released under the Apache version 2 license. Results can be viewed by uploading data to http//crosslinkviewer.org/ or by downloading the software from http//github.com/colin-combe/crosslink-viewer and running it locally.