constellation-js
ConstellationCAD
Latest stable version available atUsage
Requirements
Local UI
git clone git@github.com:hicsail/constellation-js.gitnpm run build && npm run start
Then open http://localhost:8082/
on browser
NPM Package
The package can be installed in the following way.
npm install constellation-js
It is possible to generate a collection of designs that match a specification using graph construction and traversals.
const constellation = ;let goldbar = '{PT7_a then galK}';let categories = "PT7_a": "promoter": "PT7_WTa" "PT7_3a" "PT7_1a" "galK": "cds": "galK" let result = constellation;// result.stateGraph, result.designs, result.sbol
Optional parameters | Description |
---|---|
designName |
Name of design space for SBOL output, defaults is "constellation-design" |
numDesigns |
Max number of designs to enumerate, default is 20 |
maxCycles |
Cycle depth for -orMore operators, default is 0 |
representation |
Choose between EDGE or NODE based graph, default is EDGE |
andTolerance |
Choose between 0, 1, 2 for the AND operator, default is 0 |
mergeTolerance |
Choose between 0, 1, 2 for the MERGE operator, default is 0 |
Output | Description |
---|---|
stateGraph |
See Graph Data Structure |
designs |
List of enumerated designs |
sbol |
See Synthetic Biology Open Language |
It is also possible to generate a collection of designs that match a specification using a purely symbolic approach (note that this approach supports only a tolerance of 0
for the AND operator and does not support the MERGE operator).
let result = constellation;
Case Studies
GOLDBAR syntax for the case studies described in the manuscript are available here and can be demoed on Constellation's UI via the drop down menu.
Design Space Representations
Genetic design spaces in Constellation are represented in three ways:
- GOLDBAR
- Directed cyclic graph
- SBOL
GOLDBAR Syntax
The supported GOLDBAR concrete syntax for genetic design spaces is presented below using extended BNF notation. Notice that then
and .
are equivalent, and the delimiters (
...)
and {
...}
are equivalent.
<seq> ::= <exp> then <seq>
| <exp> . <seq>
| <exp>
<exp> ::= <term> or <exp>
| <term> and <exp>
| <term> merge <exp>
| <term>
<term> ::= one-or-more <term>
| zero-or-more <term>
| zero-or-one <term>
| reverse-comp <term>
| ( <seq> )
| { <seq> }
| <atom>
<atom> ::= ([A-Za-z0-9]|-|_)+
The JSON schema for the GOLDBAR abstract syntax tree representation (parsed from the concrete syntax presented above) can be found in schemas/ast.schema.json
.
Graph Data Structure
Constellation supports both NODE and EDGE based versions of a design space. Below are examples equivalent to the GOLDBAR specification promoter then one-or-more CDS then terminator
Visualization of node-based graph | Visualization of edge-based graph |
The JSON schema for a design space graph can be found in schemas/graph.schema.json
. Below is an example of a node-based graph within a single node in JSON format.
{
"604571a7-9e38-4647-afd0-9546399480b5": {
"id": "604571a7-9e38-4647-afd0-9546399480b5",
"text": "root",
"type": "root",
"edges": [
"b79407eb-95f0-4b78-99da-779f2c9cad46",
"7f6ca2fb-ef67-4687-924c-4285de896877"
],
"operator": ["One"]
}
}
Synthetic Biology Open Language
SBOL is an open standard for the representation of in silico biological designs, and the icons used in this tool are provided by SBOL Visual. Design spaces are expressed in SBOL via the CombinatorialDerivation
extension and can be exported and stored in Knox. This third form of design space representation allows Constellation to be easily integrated in the synthetic biology community.