RankProdIt: A web-interactive Rank Products analysis tool

被引：26

作者：

Laing E. ^{[1
]}

Smith C.P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey

来源：

BMC Research Notes | / 3卷 / 1期

关键词：

Microarray Experiment; Input File; Rank Product; Slave Mode; Rank Product Analysis;

D O I：

10.1186/1756-0500-3-221

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摘要：

Background. The first objective of a DNA microarray experiment is typically to generate a list of genes or probes that are found to be differentially expressed or represented (in the case of comparative genomic hybridizations and/or copy number variation) between two conditions or strains. Rank Products analysis comprises a robust algorithm for deriving such lists from microarray experiments that comprise small numbers of replicates, for example, less than the number required for the commonly used t-test. Currently, users wishing to apply Rank Products analysis to their own microarray data sets have been restricted to the use of command line-based software which can limit its usage within the biological community. Findings. Here we have developed a web interface to existing Rank Products analysis tools allowing users to quickly process their data in an intuitive and step-wise manner to obtain the respective Rank Product or Rank Sum, probability of false prediction and p-values in a downloadable file. Conclusions. The online interactive Rank Products analysis tool RankProdIt, for analysis of any data set containing measurements for multiple replicated conditions, is available at: http://strep-microarray.sbs. surrey.ac.uk/RankProducts. © 2010 Laing et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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