Consistent annotation of gene expression arrays.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gene expression arrays are valuable and widely used tools for biomedical research. Today's commercial arrays attempt to measure the expression level of all of the genes in the genome. Effectively translating the results from the microarray into a biological interpretation requires an accurate mapping between the probesets on the array and the genes that they are targeting. Although major array manufacturers provide annotations of their gene expression arrays, the methods used by various manufacturers are different and the annotations are difficult to keep up to date in the rapidly changing world of biological sequence databases.

Results

We have created a consistent microarray annotation protocol applicable to all of the major array manufacturers. We constantly kee

SUBMITTER: Ballester B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2894801 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature