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Title |
HOMO: A novel script for data mining of micro arrays
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Authors |
Adda Jeanette Garcia-Chequer1, 2*, Hueman Jaimes-Diaz1 & Martha Verónica Ponce-Castañeda2
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Affiliation |
1Laboratory of Biotechnology and Genomic Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry, National School of Biological Sciences, IPN, Mexico, D.F., Mexico; 2Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Unit on Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Hospital, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico, D.F., Mexico |
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agarciac0922@ipn.mx; *Corresponding author |
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Article Type |
Software |
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Date |
Received July 15, 2013; Accepted July 16, 2013; Published August 07, 2013
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Abstract |
HOMO.pl is a perl script that allows extracting important registers from an extensive data table or microarrays results. It is very useful in data mining for microarrays analysis. HOMO works as a homogenizer that converts the initial data table into more specific and manageable data according to a list of important genes or terms. This is very useful when a pathway, a condition, or a GO-Term is studied. The HOMO script has two inputs and one principal output. A table with the microarray data results is used as an input and a list of genes or important terms is used as a second input. The output is an adjusted table from the microarray results that contains only the genes included in the input list. HOMO´s principal goal is to simplify the subsequent analyses to the microarray data. |
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Keywords |
HOMO.pl and a suite of example files are available by electronic mail request.
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Citation |
Chequer et al.
Bioinformation 9(14): 748-749 (2013) |
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Edited by |
P Kangueane
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ISSN |
0973-2063
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License |
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |