ProbeMatchDB—a web database for finding equivalent probes across microarray platforms and species

• Published in: Bioinformatics 2002-03, Vol.18 (3), p.488-489
• Main Authors: Wang, Pinglang, Ding, Fei, Chiang, Hsienyuan, Thompson, Robert C., Watson, Stanley J., Meng, Fan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Database Management Systems; Databases, Nucleic Acid; DNA Probes - genetics; Expressed Sequence Tags; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression - genetics; General aspects; Humans; Internet; Mathematics in biology. Statistical analysis. Models. Metrology. Data processing in biology (general aspects); Mice; Molecular Sequence Data; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis - instrumentation; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis - methods; Rats; Software; Species Specificity
• ISSN: 1367-4803; 1460-2059; 1367-4811
• DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/18.3.488

ProbeMatchDB is a web-based database designed to facilitate the search of EST/cDNA sequences or STS markers that can be used to represent the same gene across different microarray platforms and species. It can be used for finding equivalent EST clones in the Research Genetics sequence verified clone set based on results from Affymetirx GeneChip®s. It will also help to identify probes representing orthologous genes across human, mouse and rat on different microarray platforms. Availability: The database is accessible at http://brainarray.mhri.med.umich.edu/MARRAY/BC_ASP/brainarray.htm by clicking the ‘Query ProbeMatchDB’ link. Contact: [e-mail]