Method and apparatus for providing a bioinformatics database
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing information relating to processing of polymer probe arrays, said method comprising the steps of:
- creating an electronically-stored experiment table, said experiment table storing a record for an experiment, said experiment record comprising;
a first identifier identifying a target sample applied to a polymer probe array chip in said experiment;
a second identifier identifying said polymer probe array chip to which said target sample was applied in said experiment; and
creating an electronically-stored chip table, said chip table storing a record for said polymer probe array chip, said chip record comprising;
said second identifier identifying said polymer probe array chip; and
a third identifier specifying a layout of polymer probes on said polymer probe array chip.
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Abstract
System and method for organizing information relating to polymer probe array chips including oligonucleotide array chips. A database model is provided which organizes information relating to sample preparation, chip layout, application of samples to chips, scanning of chips, expression analysis of chip results, etc. The model is readily translatable into database languages such as SQL. The database model scales to permit mass processing of probe array chips.
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1. A computer-implemented method for managing information relating to processing of polymer probe arrays, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating an electronically-stored experiment table, said experiment table storing a record for an experiment, said experiment record comprising;
a first identifier identifying a target sample applied to a polymer probe array chip in said experiment;
a second identifier identifying said polymer probe array chip to which said target sample was applied in said experiment; and
creating an electronically-stored chip table, said chip table storing a record for said polymer probe array chip, said chip record comprising;
said second identifier identifying said polymer probe array chip; and
a third identifier specifying a layout of polymer probes on said polymer probe array chip.
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2. The method of claim A1 further comprising the step of:
performing an experiment wherein said target sample is applied to said polymer probe array chip.
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3. The method of claim A1 further comprising the steps of:
creating an electronically-stored target table, said target table storing a record for said target sample, said target sample record comprising;
said first identifier identifying said target sample; and
a fourth identifier specifying parameters of preparation of said target sample.
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4. The method of claim A1 wherein said polymer probe array chip comprises an oligonucleotide array chip.
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5. A computer-implemented method for managing information relating to processing of oligonucleotide probe arrays, said method comprising the steps of:
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creating an electronically stored analysis table, said analysis table listing for each of a plurality of expression analysis operations;
a first identifier specifying a particular analysis operation a second identifier specifying oligonucleotide array processing result information on which said particular expression analysis operation has been performed; and
creating an electronically stored gene expression result table, said gene expression result table listing for each of selected ones of said plurality of analysis operations, a list of genes or expressed sequence tags and results of said particular expression analysis operation as applied to each of said genes or expressed sequence tags.
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6. A computer-implemented method for managing information relating to processing of polymer probe arrays, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing in an electronically-stored experiment table for each of a plurality of experiments, a first identifier identifying a target sample applied to an polymer probe array chip in a particular experiment;
storing in said electronically-stored experiment table for each of said plurality of experiments a second identifier identifying said polymer probe array chip to which said target sample was applied in said particular experiment;
storing in an electronically-stored chip table for each of a plurality of polymer probe array chips, said second identifier identifying a particular polymer probe array chip; and
storing in said electronically-stored chip table for each of said plurality of polymer probe arrays chips a third identifier specifying a layout of polymer probes on said polymer probe array chip. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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