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One-stop shop for microarray data

Nature volume 403, pages 699–700 (2000)Cite this article

Is a universal, public DNA-microarray database a realistic goal?

Of the techniques that are being used to obtain the massive data sets of the molecules of life, the most visible is the DNA sequencing of the human genome. Following on from the publication of the human chromosome 22 sequence1, a rough draft of the whole human genome should be available by the spring. But such advances can create the false impression that everything about life at the molecular level will soon be understood.

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    Alvis Brazma, Alan Robinson, Graham Cameron & Michael Ashburner

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