illuminaio: An open source IDAT parsing tool for Illumina microarrays [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/2f5]

The IDAT file format is used to store BeadArray data from the myriad of genomewide profiling platforms on offer from Illumina Inc. This proprietary format is output directly from the scanner and stores summary intensities for each probe-type on an array in a compact manner. A lack of open source too...

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Main Authors: Mike L Smith, Keith A. Baggerly, Henrik Bengtsson, Matthew E. Ritchie, Kasper D. Hansen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: F1000 Research Ltd 2013-12-01
Series:F1000Research
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Online Access:http://f1000research.com/articles/2-264/v1