MIMAS: an innovative tool for network-based high density oligonucleotide microarray data management and annotation

Background: The high-density oligonucleotide microarray (GeneChip) is an important tool for molecular biological research aiming at large-scale detection of small nucleotide polymorphisms in DNA and genome-wide analysis of mRNA concentrations. Local array data management solutions are instrumental for efficient processing of the results and for subsequent uploading of data and annotations to a global certified data repository at the EBI (ArrayExpress) or the NCBI (GeneOmnibus). Description: To facilitate and accelerate annotation of high-throughput expression profiling experiments, the Microarray Information Management and Annotation System (MIMAS) was developed. The system is fully compliant with the Minimal Information About a Microarray Experiment (MIAME) convention. MIMAS provides life scientists with a highly flexible and focused GeneChip data storage and annotation platform essential for subsequent analysis and interpretation of experimental results with clustering and mining to...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Leandro Hermida, Olivier Schaad, Philippe Demougin, Patrick Descombes, Michael Primig
• Keywords: Annotation, Array Data Management, BMCBI 2006, GeneChip Data