BMC Bioinformatics

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multiplierz: an extensible API based desktop environment for proteomics data analysis

Jignesh R Parikh1, Manor Askenazi2,3,4, Scott B Ficarro2,3, Tanya Cashorali2, James T Webber2, Nathaniel C Blank2, Yi Zhang2 and Jarrod A Marto2,3*

Author Affiliations

1 Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, 24 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

2 Department of Cancer Biology and Blais Proteomics Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Smith 1158A, Boston, MA, 02115-6084, USA

3 Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

4 Department of Biological Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

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BMC Bioinformatics 2009, 10:364 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-10-364

Published: 29 October 2009

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Timing Comparison Scripts. This compressed file contains the .mz scripts, R script, Perl script and C++ program to generate timing measurements for comparing data access methods.

Format: ZIP Size: 23KB Download file

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Additional file 2:

.mz Scripts for Developing Custom Algorithms. This compressed file contains all .mz scripts described in the manuscript in addition to a few other useful scripts. Descriptions.pdf contains a brief description of each script.

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Additional file 3:

Description of multiplierz Tools. This document lists and describes the standard tools available within multiplierz.

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This file can be viewed with: Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Additional file 5:

Example multiplierz Spreadsheet. This is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet report generated by multiplierz. This is the multiplierz report described in Figure 2. Hover on cell comments to view the embedded images.

Format: XLS Size: 11.5MB Download file

This file can be viewed with: Microsoft Excel Viewer

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Additional file 4:

OpenOffice.org XML Spreadsheet Screenshot. This is a screenshot describing an OpenOffice.org XML spreadsheet file that is analogous to a multiplierz spreadsheet with images embedded within cell comments.

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