Cell metabolic network viewer (Met) is designed to draw selected part of cell metabolic network. It is created mainly for academic teaching purposes for students with the speciality of biology, biotechnology, biochemistry and so on. Met is a cross-platform java-based application. It has the internal index of more than 2000 chemical reactions that occur in a living cell. In spite of that, the modern achievements with Java platform allowed to place such application in file that is just 0.273 Mb in size.

This program can only be used for scientific or other non-commercial purposes. Unpacking of main executeble archive, Met.jar, is prohibited. 

Met runs on all platforms that can support Java Virtual Machine 1.1.2. To run the downloaded program, first try to double-click on unpacked Met.jar file. If your computer has Java virtual machine installed this should be sufficient. Otherwise, you need to download and install this machine. This software is freely distributed by Sun (http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/jre/index.html?frontpage-javaplatform) under their licese agreement. When downloading, follow the instructions in that page.

For the many platforms, after installing this machine, you can simply double click on unpacked Met.jar. However if you choose to start the application from console, you must type the command:
java -jar Met.jar

The author of this program, Audrius Meskauskas, can be contacted via E-mail Audrius.Meskauskas@fm.vtu.lt. 
If this E-mail is not responding, you can also visit http://members.theglobe.com/AudriusA/Notepad.htm to find the changed E-mail address and additional info. 


