MINERVA Map Presentation#

The MINERVA Platform shows diagrams of molecular interactions along with their annotations and database links.

In the figure below, a primary view of the MINERVA platform is shown.

General Information#

On the left sidebar, users can see the sections Project Info, API Documentation (redirecting to the latest API documentation for the MINERVA project), Available Plugins, Export, and Legend in the order from top to bottom.

On the top sidebar, starting from the top left corner, there is the login section, search box, a button for clearing the selected pins from the map (clear button), and buttons for Submaps, Overlays, and browsing overview images.

Project Info#

Click on the icon to view Name, Version and the details of the MINERVA project (Data).

In the Data section:

• Browse the Publications supporting the map. The Publication list dialogue allows to search for articles by:
  • PubMed id of the paper
  • Title, Authors, Journal, Year of the paper
  • Elements on map - IDs of the map elements and interactions annotated with this PubMed id. These are direct links to the elements and interactions in the map
  • Submaps

The list of the publications can be downloaded by clicking on Download CSV.

• Open the MINERVA general Manual.
• Disease type (Mesh id).
• Licence
• Organism type (Taxonomy id).
• Download source file of the project .

User Login#

Logged users can upload their data overlays, and administer the platform and its contents if they have admin privileges. User login is not mandatory to browse publicly available content.

By clicking on the login icon in the top left corner of the map, users can log in using either a Local ID or an ORCID account:

1. Local ID: Local IDs are for users who are manually added.

2. ORCID: Users can use their ORCID ID and password to log in.