• Order Microarrays and Reagents
• Deadlines and Application Procedures
• NIAID PFGRC Site
• NIDCR Site
  (Dental Pathogens)
• Resources
• List of Available Microarrays
• Help and Descriptions
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Description of Annotation Files
• Description of the EASE Archive
• Description of Controls
• Instructions for Downloading Annotations
• Forms and Documentation
• Laboratory Protocols

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Annotation Files

The PFGRC provides annotation information in the following formats:

• Tab-delimited: Which can be opened with most commercial spreadsheet programs.
• GenePix Array List (GAL) format: For use with the "GenePix Pro" application. More information about the GAL file format can be found here.
• Ann format: For use with JCVI Spotfinder and JCVI MEV.
• More information about the format of the annotation files can be found here.
• The EASE TM4 archive is a zip file archive used in the TM4 suite of applications. More information about this file can be found here.

Spotfinder Parameters

The following parameters are for use with JCVI's supported microarray analysis TM4 suite. More information regarding Spotfinder can be found here.