Table 1 Comparison of the characteristics of popular microarray analysis tools
Platform characteristic | WebArrayDB [11] | ArrayMining [12] | Babelomics [13] | DNA Microarray integromics analysis platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
miRNA-mRNA target site recognition | - | - | - | + |
Integration of transcriptomics and lipidomics | - | - | - | + |
Analysis of genetic variation | - | - | +3 | - |
Functional profiling | +1 | +2 | ||
Conditional analysis of gene expression based on ANN | - | - | - | + |
Imports and exports data to EBI databases | - | - | - | + |
Teamwork and collaboration | - | - | - | + |
License and source code availability | GNU General Public License | Free for academic and non-commercial use; source code not available | Free; source code available | Free for academic and non-commercial use; source code available |