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Chapter 5. Gene Expression Databases

  1. Arthur M. Lesk
  1. H. Parkinson

Published Online: 8 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/0470012420.ch5

Database Annotation in Molecular Biology

Database Annotation in Molecular Biology

How to Cite

Parkinson, H. (2005) Gene Expression Databases, in Database Annotation in Molecular Biology (ed A. M. Lesk), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470012420.ch5

Editor Information

  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 512 Wartik Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Author Information

  1. Microarray Informatics Team, The European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL Cambridge Outstation, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 JUN 2005
  2. Published Print: 26 NOV 2004

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470856819

Online ISBN: 9780470012420

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Keywords:

  • transcriptomic data;
  • microarray;
  • bioinformatics;
  • affymetrix system;
  • oligonucleotides;
  • meta-data;
  • medline abstracts;
  • hybridization;
  • gene expression data

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • What Do We Mean by Microarray Gene Expression Data?

  • Data Complexity

  • Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment (MIAME)

  • Journals and MIAME

  • Storage and Exchange Formats: MAGE-OM and MAGE-ML

  • ArrayExpress

  • Annotation Tools

  • Curation

  • Standardization and Semantics

  • Public Microarray Databases

  • ArrayExpress, an Example of a Public Repository

  • Submissions to ArrayExpress

  • MIAMExpress and Other MIAME Compliant Annotation Systems

  • Databases of Protein Expression Patterns

  • The Gene Expression Database (GXD)

  • Conclusion

  • References