BMC Genomics

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Comparison of gene coverage of mouse oligonucleotide microarray platforms

Ricardo A Verdugo and Juan F Medrano*

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Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8521, USA

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BMC Genomics 2006, 7:58 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-58

Published: 21 March 2006

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Additional File 1:

Microarray platforms compared in this study. Table provides details of the Genelists used, including filename, URL, date of release, date updated, and date obtained. The column called annot update lists the date that the Genelist available for the platform was last updated by the vendor

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Comparative gene coverage from whole mouse genome microarrays and oligo set. Table shows the number of Entrez Genes with a single genomic position in the genome by the UCSC Genome Browser Database, and the number of genes that are tested by each platform as absolute counts and as percentage from the number of genes in the chromosome.

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ArrayGene software with an install script for UNIX platforms and a README file for installation and usage instructions

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Additional File 3:

Reference manual for the installation and use of the ArrayGene software. The manual includes a list of system requirements and the full list of options for all the tools included in the package.

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