Correlation analysis of external RNA controls reveals its utility for assessment of microarray assay

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-207

  Fan, Xiaohui ^a,b   Fang, Hong ^a   Hong, Huixiao ^a   Perkins, Roger ^a   Shi, Leming ^a   Tong, Weida ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA microarray; External RNA controls; Gene expression; MAQC; Outlier identification; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; CORRELATION METHODS; GENE EXPRESSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RNA;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA MICRO-ARRAY; MAQC; MICROARRAY EXPERIMENTS; NORMALIZATION METHODS; OUTLIER IDENTIFICATION; PAIRWISE CORRELATION; US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

RNA;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HYBRIDIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149382304     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.11.019     Document Type: Article

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