Match-only integral distribution (MOID) algorithm for high-density oligonucleotide array analysis.
BACKGROUND
High-density oligonucleotide arrays have become a valuable tool for high-throughput gene expression profiling. Increasing the array information density and improving the analysis algorithms are two important computational research topics.


RESULTS
A new algorithm, Match-Only Integral Distribution (MOID), was developed to analyze high-density oligonucleotide arrays. Using known data from both spiking experiments and no-change experiments performed with Affymetrix GeneChip arrays, MOID and the Affymetrix algorithm implemented in Microarray Suite 4.0 (MAS4) were compared. While MOID gave similar performance to MAS4 in the spiking experiments, better performance was observed in the no-change experiments.MOID also provides a set of alternative statistical analysis tools to MAS4. There are two main features that distinguish MOID from MAS4. First, MOID uses continuous P values for the likelihood of gene presence, while MAS4 resorts to discrete absolute calls. Secondly, MOID uses heuristic confidence intervals for both gene expression levels and fold change values, while MAS4 categorizes the significance of gene expression level changes into discrete fold change calls.


CONCLUSIONS
The results show that by using MOID, Affymetrix GeneChip arrays may need as little as ten probes per gene without compromising analysis accuracy.
Zhou
Yingyao
Y
Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, 3115 Merryfield Row, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. zhou@gnf.org
Abagyan
Ruben
R
D000465:Algorithms; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003198:Computer Simulation; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes / Q000378:metabolism
D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes