AFM 4.0: a toolbox for DNA microarray analysis

Genome Biol. 2001;2(8):SOFTWARE0001. doi: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-8-software0001. Epub 2001 Aug 6.

Abstract

We have developed a series of programs, collectively packaged as Array File Maker 4.0 (AFM), that manipulate and manage DNA microarray data. AFM 4.0 is simple to use, applicable to any organism or microarray, and operates within the familiar confines of Microsoft Excel. Given a database of expression ratios, AFM 4.0 generates input files for clustering, helps prepare colored figures and Venn diagrams, and can uncover aneuploidy in yeast microarray data. AFM 4.0 should be especially useful to laboratories that do not have access to specialized commercial or in-house software.

MeSH terms

  • Aneuploidy
  • Chromosomes / genetics
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Computers
  • Gene Expression Profiling / instrumentation
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods
  • Genomics / instrumentation
  • Genomics / methods
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Software*
  • Statistics as Topic / instrumentation
  • Statistics as Topic / methods
  • Yeasts / genetics