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. 2003 Jan 1;31(1):68-71.
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkg091.

ArrayExpress--a public repository for microarray gene expression data at the EBI

Alvis Brazma  1 , Helen Parkinson, Ugis Sarkans, Mohammadreza Shojatalab, Jaak Vilo, Niran Abeygunawardena, Ele Holloway, Misha Kapushesky, Patrick Kemmeren, Gonzalo Garcia Lara, Ahmet Oezcimen, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Susanna-Assunta Sansone
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ArrayExpress--a public repository for microarray gene expression data at the EBI

Alvis Brazma et al. Nucleic Acids Res. .

Abstract

ArrayExpress is a new public database of microarray gene expression data at the EBI, which is a generic gene expression database designed to hold data from all microarray platforms. ArrayExpress uses the annotation standard Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment (MIAME) and the associated XML data exchange format Microarray Gene Expression Markup Language (MAGE-ML) and it is designed to store well annotated data in a structured way. The ArrayExpress infrastructure consists of the database itself, data submissions in MAGE-ML format or via an online submission tool MIAMExpress, online database query interface, and the Expression Profiler online analysis tool. ArrayExpress accepts three types of submission, arrays, experiments and protocols, each of these is assigned an accession number. Help on data submission and annotation is provided by the curation team. The database can be queried on parameters such as author, laboratory, organism, experiment or array types. With an increasing number of organisations adopting MAGE-ML standard, the volume of submissions to ArrayExpress is increasing rapidly. The database can be accessed at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress.

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