The ArrayExpress gene expression database: A software engineering and implementation perspective

Bioinformatics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1495-1501

  Sarkans, Ugis ^a   Parkinson, Helen ^a   Lara, Gonzalo Garcia ^a   Oezcimen, Ahmet ^a   Sharma, Anjan ^a   Abeygunawardena, Niran ^a   Contrino, Sergio ^a   Holloway, Ele ^a   Rocca Serra, Philippe ^a   Mukherjee, Gaurab ^a   Shojatalab, Mohammadreza ^a   Kapushesky, Misha ^a   Sansone, Susanna Assunta ^a   Farne, Anna ^a   Rayner, Tim ^a   Brazma, Alvis ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 20244376906     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti157     Document Type: Article

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