Mining microarray data at NCBI's Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)*.
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SUBMITTER: Barrett T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1619899 | biostudies-other | 2006
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Mining microarray data at NCBI's Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)*.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 20060101
The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has emerged as the leading fully public repository for gene expression data. This chapter describes how to use Web-based interfaces, applications, and graphics to effectively explore, visualize, and interpret the hundreds of microarray studies and millions of gene expression patterns stored in GEO. Data can be examined from both experiment-centric and gene-centric perspectives using user-friendly tools ...[more]
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