MapMan
The MapMan software is used to compile very comprehensive data sets, such as B. obtained in the microarray analysis, to represent in their biological context. It was published in 2004 under the direction of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and the German Resource Center for Genome Research . For this purpose, functional categories, so-called BINS were initially largely by hand, (of English. Am = "ton"), created and genes and metabolites of the thale cress assigned to this BINS. The MapMan software offers the possibility to display the classified objects of a BIN grouped. It is then possible to visually evaluate all or parts of the answer in a biological context. Each data point is shown as a small color-coded rectangle. An increase in a value is visualized in blue, a decrease in a red color. Since similar BINs often behave in a coordinated manner, it is possible to get an overview of the entire plant reaction, because a more 'red' or a more 'blue' BIN can often be identified.