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ask some question about gene expression data - (Feb/21/2006 )

Now I am studying the relationship between gene expression and genome features ,such as intron length.So I need some expression data of model organism.I have download tair's microarray data ,but its readme file said that the expression data are value are red/green ratio,are they the ratio of control/test expression level.dose it can be used as gene's expression level.If not,which data I can use for my research.

-wanghf-

It depends what control they used. Sure, this is result data of two color array. For your experiment, you'd better use one color array data commonly from Affy chip. Good luck.

-wop168-