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Iterative Group Analysis (iGA): A simple tool to enhance sensitivity and facilitate interpretation of microarray experiments

Rainer Breitling1,2*, Anna Amtmann1 and Pawel Herzyk2,3

1 Plant Science Group, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

2 Bioinformatics Research Centre, Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

3 Sir Henry Wellcome Functional Genomics Facility, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

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BMC Bioinformatics 2004, 5:34 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-5-34

Published: 29 March 2004

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Additional File 1:

iGA software. For use from the Windows command line.

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iGA source code.

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iGA Manual. This file describes the use of the iGA software (both the Windows and Perl version).

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Example input file for use with iGA. This file contains a sorted list of genes from a photosynthesis experiment similar to those described in the text.

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Gene annotations file for use with iGA. This file contains a classification of genes in the example input file by GeneOntology numbers.

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Gene names file for use with iGA. This file contains the descriptive names of the genes in the example input file.

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Additional File 7:

Group names file for use with iGA. This file links GeneOntology terms to GeneOntology numbers.

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Sample output file. This file was produced by running iGA with default settings on the four input files (4 to 7).

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