Empirical comparison of cross-platform normalization methods for gene expression data

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rudy, Jason ^a   Valafar, Faramarz ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL - COMPARISONS; GENE EXPRESSION DATA; HIGH THROUGHPUT; MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGIES; NORMALIZATION METHODS; PLATFORM EFFECTS; PUBLIC DATABASE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ALGORITHMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 82755195845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-12-467     Document Type: Article

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