Importing ArrayExpress datasets into R/Bioconductor

Bioinformatics. 2009 Aug 15;25(16):2092-4. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp354. Epub 2009 Jun 8.

Abstract

Summary: ArrayExpress is one of the largest public repositories of microarray datasets. R/Bioconductor provides a comprehensive suite of microarray analysis and integrative bioinformatics software. However, easy ways for importing datasets from ArrayExpress into R/Bioconductor have been lacking. Here, we present such a tool that is suitable for both interactive and automated use.

Availability: The ArrayExpress package is available from the Bioconductor project at http://www.bioconductor.org. A users guide and examples are provided with the package.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Databases, Genetic
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • RNA / chemistry
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Software*

Substances

  • RNA