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 Wang^3,24

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