title: The sharing of cDNA microarray data.
abstract: During the initial development of microarrays, much discussion revolved around the technology itself. The discussion has now shifted to data analysis and data sharing. There is great interest in the sharing of cDNA microarray data, but several issues related to format, quality and validation will need to be resolved before microarray data can be meaningfully integrated into other molecular databases.
authors.affiliation: Gerontology Research Center, Room 4-D16, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. beckerk@grc.nia.nih.gov
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends