In the folder you will have the following:
1. bnra.m - BNRA MATLAB script
2. sample - folder containing some signaling pathways from KEGG in XML format
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Open Matlab on Windows.
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From The GUI click "Open" which will open the file explorer.
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Find the file BNRA (if should be on the same folder as WinPython) and click "Open" and "Run". A file entry box will appear.
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For field "Enter the file name of the network to be analyzed" (in fasta format) give the KEGG ID of the path to be analyzed, then click OK.
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The current state of the network is visually displayed.
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For field "Please select the protein you want to perturb" select one among the proteins from the list of proteins which you want to perturb, then click OK.
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For field "Please select the type of interaction using which the selected node is perturbed with a new node" select the type of interaction, then click OK.
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For field "Enter the new incoming node" give a random number to the new node being introduced to perturb the network, then click OK.
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Wait for the results. The new state of the network is displayed.