We take a graph theoretic approach to the problem of finding generators for those prime ideals of $mathcal{O}_q(mathcal{M}_{m,n}(mathbb{K}))$ which are invariant under the torus action ($mathbb{K}^*)^{m+n}$. Launois cite{launois3} has shown that the generators consist of certain quantum minors of the matrix of canonical generators of $mathcal{O}_q(mathcal{M}_{m,n}(mathbb{K}))$ and in cite{launois2} gives an algorithm to find them. In this paper we modify a classic result of Lindstr{o}m cite{lind} and Gessel-Viennot~cite{gv} to show that a quantum minor is in the generating set for a particular ideal if and only if we can find a particular set of vertex-disjoint directed paths in an associated directed graph.
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