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Generalization of DNA microarray dispersion properties: microarray equivalent of t-distribution

Jaroslav P Novak1*, Seon-Young Kim2, Jun Xu3, Olga Modlich4, David J Volsky5, David Honys6, Joan L Slonczewski7, Douglas A Bell8, Fred R Blattner9, Eduardo Blumwald10, Marjan Boerma11, Manuel Cosio12, Zoran Gatalica13, Marian Hajduch14, Juan Hidalgo15, Roderick R McInnes16, Merrill C Miller III17, Milena Penkowa18, Michael S Rolph19, Jordan Sottosanto20, Rene St-Arnaud21, Michael J Szego22, David Twell23 and Charles Wang24,3

Author Affiliations

1 McGill University and Genome Québec Innovation Centre, 740 Docteur Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Québec, H3A 1A4, Canada

2 Human Genomics Laboratory, Genome Research Center, 52 Eoeun-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejon, 305-333, Korea

3 Transcriptional Genomics Core, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

4 Institut fur Onkologische Chemie, Heinrich Heine Universitat Dusseldorf, Moorenstr. 5, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany

5 St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University, Molecular Virology Division, 432 West 58th Street, Antenucci Building, Room 709, New York, NY 10019, USA

6 Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR, Rozvojová 135, CZ-165 02, Praha 6, Czech Republic and Charles University in Prague, Department of Plant Physiology, Viničná 5, 12844, Praha 2, Czech Republic

7 Department of Biology, Higley Hall, 202 N. College Dr., Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA

8 Environmental Genomics Section, C3-03, PO Box 12233, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

9 Department of Genetics, 425 Henry Mall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA

10 Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA

11 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham, Slot 522-3, Little Rock AR 72205, USA

12 Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

13 Department of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine, 601 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE, 68131-2197, USA

14 Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University in Olomouc, Puskinova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic

15 Institute of Neurosciences and Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Animal Physiology unit, Faculty of Sciences, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Spain

16 Programs in Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada M5G 1X8; Departments of Molecular and Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A1, Canada

17 Environmental Genomics Section, C3-03, PO Box 12233, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

18 Section of Neuroprotection, Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200, Copenhagen Denmark

19 Arthritis and Inflammation Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia

20 Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA

21 Genetics Unit, Shriners Hospital for Children and Departments of Surgery and Human Genetics, McGill University, Montréal H3A 2T5, Québec, Canada

22 Programs in Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada M5G 1X8; Departments of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A1, Canada

23 Department of Biology, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH Leicester, UK

24 Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA

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Biology Direct 2006, 1:27 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-1-27

Published: 7 September 2006

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