ArrayExpress update--trends in database growth and links to data analysis tools

Nucleic Acids Res. 2013 Jan;41(Database issue):D987-90. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1174. Epub 2012 Nov 27.

Abstract

The ArrayExpress Archive of Functional Genomics Data (http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress) is one of three international functional genomics public data repositories, alongside the Gene Expression Omnibus at NCBI and the DDBJ Omics Archive, supporting peer-reviewed publications. It accepts data generated by sequencing or array-based technologies and currently contains data from almost a million assays, from over 30 000 experiments. The proportion of sequencing-based submissions has grown significantly over the last 2 years and has reached, in 2012, 15% of all new data. All data are available from ArrayExpress in MAGE-TAB format, which allows robust linking to data analysis and visualization tools, including Bioconductor and GenomeSpace. Additionally, R objects, for microarray data, and binary alignment format files, for sequencing data, have been generated for a significant proportion of ArrayExpress data.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Genetic* / statistics & numerical data
  • Databases, Genetic* / trends
  • Genomics*
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Internet
  • Microarray Analysis*
  • Software
  • User-Computer Interface