Technical variability is greater than biological variability in a microarray experiment but both are outweighed by changes induced by stimulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Bryant, Penelope A ^a,b,c   Smyth, Gordon K ^a,d   Robins Browne, Roy ^a,b   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RNA; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; CELL CULTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; STANDARD;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957829290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019556     Document Type: Article

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