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MAD: a suite of tools for microarray data management and processing.

B Liao·W Hale·C B Epstein·R A Butow·H R Garner
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SUMMARY: Microarray data management and processing (MAD) is a set of Windows integrated software for microarray analysis. It consists of a relational database for data storage with many user-interfaces for data manipulation, several text file parsers and Microsoft Excel macros for automation of data processing, and a generator to produce text files that are ready for cluster analysis. AVAILABILITY: Executable is available free of charge on http://pompous.swmed.edu. The source code is also available upon request.

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B Liao, W Hale, C B Epstein, R A Butow, H R Garner. 2000. MAD: a suite of tools for microarray data management and processing.. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics%2F16.10.946

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