Table 1

Summary view of cDNA array data from the custom cDNA normalization program

Values

Cy5

Cy3



Left

Right

Left

Right


Raw background (BG) (using spots, lowest 4% per block)

Raw BG (mean)(spots)

0.64

0.65

2.20

2.21

Raw BG (SD of block means)(spots)

0.04

0.03

0.22

0.16

Mean of block BG SDs (spots)

0.03

0.02

0.08

0.07

Raw signal

Raw average signal (all spots)

3.73

3.65

5.01

5.57

Raw median signal (all spots)

1.24

1.18

1.94

2.10

Raw average signal/BG ratio

5.79

5.58

2.28

2.52

Raw median signal/BG ratio

1.92

1.81

0.88

0.95

Scaling factor (SF) (target value = 100), dismissing top 10% and bottom 60%

SF (using mean)

25.18

25.87

17.37

15.74

Scaled threshold

Threshold (using mean)

41.55

38.63

41.55

38.63

Percent present (using mean)

Greater than 1× BG (raw)

72.0

70.6

51.4

54.1

Greater than threshold (scaled)

47.5

48.5

48.9

50.6

Number of genes different ≥ 1.8 fold (left AND right)

Total different

Using mean

43

Using median

43

Total UP (Cy5/Cy3)

Using mean

20

Using median

20

Total DOWN (Cy5/Cy3)

Using mean

23

Using median

23

Number of genes different ≥ 1.3 fold

Using mean (1.3)

303

Percent

7.3

Number of genes different ≥ 1.8 fold

Using mean (1.8)

204

Percent

4.5

Number of genes different ≥ 3 fold

Using mean (3)

68

Percent

1.3

Number of genes different ≥ 5 fold

Using mean (5)

28

Percent

0.6

Number of genes different ≥ 10 fold

Using mean (10)

5

Percent

0.1

Correlation coefficient

Cy5 left to Cy5 right (all)

0.989

Cy3 left to Cy3 right (all)

0.984

FC left to FC right (all)

0.968

Average Cy5 to Cy3 (all)

0.705


The cDNA data summary file provides an assessment of the data quality and a summary of the overall results for each cDNA array experiment. Crucial information is provided in a simple table format that prints to a single page. Below the single page summary, but not shown in the figure, are the detailed results for each spot on the cDNA array. The results for each spot (or gene) include an absolute call of present (P) or absent (A), the background subtracted and scaled intensity, the difference between the scaled fluorophore intensities, the fold change, and a qualitative difference or change call of I, MI, D or MD, which is based on the fold changes across the duplicate spot data. The spot-by-spot results file is read and analyzed by the Spot software program.

Zapala et al. Genome Biology 2002 3:software0001.1   doi:10.1186/gb-2002-3-6-software0001

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