ArrayTrack
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| Developer(s) | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
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| Stable release | 3.5.0
/ March 3, 2010 |
| Operating system | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Platform | Java |
| Type | Bioinformatics data management, analysis, and interpretation |
| Website | http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/BioinformaticsTools/Arraytrack/ |
ArrayTrack is a multi-purpose bioinformatics tool primarily used for microarray data management, analysis, and interpretation. ArrayTrack was developed to support in-house filter array research for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2001 and was made freely available to the public as an integrated research tool for microarrays in 2003. It is regularly updated by the National Center for Toxicological Research.
Features
ArrayTrack is composed of three major components: Study Database, Tools, and Libraries, which primarily focus on data management, analysis, and interpretation, respectively. Each of the components can be directly linked from the other two within ArrayTrack, e.g., analysis Tools can be used directly on experimental data stored in the Study Database, and significant genes discovered from the results can be linked to the Libraries to view additional annotations and associated proteins, pathways, Gene Ontology terms, etc.
- Study Database: The Study Database contains user-imported experiment data, including both raw data and annotation data. It is mainly used to manage microarray data, but also supports proteomics, and metabolomics data. Imported data is initially private to the owner but can be made available to other specific users or to the public. The Study Database also stores significant gene lists, which can be created directly from data analysis results in ArrayTrack.
- Tools: A wide variety of analysis and visualization Tools are available in ArrayTrack, including...
- Libraries: ArrayTrack hosts a collection of Libraries which store specific annotation data. These Libraries include the. Each Library supports multi-input searches, data exporting to a file, . Additionally, each Library can be directly queried for the desired contents of stored gene lists, analysis results, and other Libraries. A specific entry in any Library can be linked to equivalent entries in most public databases, including the original sources of data
ArrayTrack is run on the client's computer using a Java-based interface that connects to an Oracle database hosted by the FDA.
ArrayTrack is directly integrated with a variety of other bioinformatics software, such as pathway analysis tools GeneGo MetaCore[1] and Ingenuity Pathway Analysis[2].
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