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6 (2) :114-120, 2005
Aerts JA1, Veenendaal T2
1Bioinformatics
Group, Roslin Institute,
Aerts JA, Veenendaal
T, MIPE
-- a XML-format to facilitate the storage and exchange of PCR-related data, Online
J Bioinformatics 6 (2) : 114-120, 2005. Although data exchange formats exist in the fields
of sequence-annotation, microarray and other
applications, no general format is available for PCR-related data. An XML
format that describes PCR experiments in detail, MIPE (Minimal Information for
PCR Experiments) was implemented to facilitate
exchange between raw and interpreted PCR data. Data can be recorded on the design
of the PCR experiment (e.g. the primer sequences and temperature profile) as
well as on the results of that experiment (including the resulting DNA sequence
and any single-nucleotide polymorphisms detected). This format can be used both
for the storage and the exchange of PCR-related data.
KEYWORDS: MIPE, PCR, XML, data
storage, data exchange