BMC Genomics

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Performance evaluation of commercial short-oligonucleotide microarrays and the impact of noise in making cross-platform correlations

Richard Shippy1, Timothy J Sendera1*, Randall Lockner1, Chockalingam Palaniappan1, Tamma Kaysser-Kranich1, George Watts2 and John Alsobrook3

Author Affiliations

1 GE Heathcare (formerly Amersham Biosciences) Chandler, Arizona 85248, USA

2 Microarray Shared Service, Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona 85724, USA

3 Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA

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BMC Genomics 2004, 5:61 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-5-61

Published: 2 September 2004

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Additional File 1:

This file contains gene names, sample designations, CT values for triplicates, mean CT values, median CT values, standard deviation of replicates, and coefficient of variation of replicates for each gene evaluated by qrtPCR.

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Additional File 2:

This file contains gene names, oligonucleotide sequences, and oligonucleotide type (FORWARD PRIMER, HYB OLIGO, and REVERSE PRIMER) for each gene evaluated by qrtPCR.

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Additional File 3:

This file contains gene names, descriptions, GenBank accessions, log2 ratios (qrtPCR, CodeLink, and GeneChip), CodeLink probe names, and GeneChip probe set names for each gene examined by all three technologies.

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