SMD : Microarray Resources : Databases

Microarray Resources : Databases

Microarray databases fulfill different functions and can be classified as follows:

  1. those that provide public access to database software for local installation
  2. those for public data deposition
  3. those available for public queries

The table below presents a comparison of microarray databases. The information was obtained, in large part, from:
Gardiner-Garden, M. and Littlejohn, T.G. (2001), "A comparison of microarray databases", Briefings in Bioinformatics, Vol.2, No.2,
pp. 143-158.


DatabaseOrganizationDescription
AMADStanford University/University of California at Berkeley, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)local installation
ArrayExpressEuropean Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)public data deposition and public queries (coming soon)
BASELund Universitylocal installation (public queries coming soon)
ChipDBWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research/MIT Centre for Genome Researchpublic queries
DragonJohns Hopkins Universitypublic queries
ExpressDBHarvard Universitypublic queries of E. coli and yeast data
Expression ConnectionStanford University/Saccharomyces Genome Databasepublic queries of yeast data
GeneDirectorBioDiscoverylocal installation
GeneXNCGRlocal installation, public data deposition, and public queries of E. coli and yeast data
GEONational Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)public data deposition and public queries
GXDThe Jackson Laboratorypublic data deposition and public queries of mouse data (coming soon)
LonghornUT Austinlocal installation
mAdbNational Cancer Institute (NCI)local installation
maxdSQLThe University of Manchesterlocal installation
NOMADUCSFlocal installation
RADUniversity of Pennsylvaniapublic queries
SMDStanford Universitylocal installation and public queries
yMGVEcole Normale Superieurepublic queries of yeast data

An additional database resource, compiled by Y.F. Leung, contains feature lists, interface notes, and pricing.

Please send comments or questions to: array@genome.stanford.edu