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Key to FlyChip_long_oligonucleotide_001 (FL001) descriptive files


Column Description
UniqueID Unique identifier, required by FlyChip
Pin Pin that printed the spot, numbered from top left to bottom right
tool_x Cartesian co-ordinate (x-axis) for the sub-grid or 'pin-patch' (image width)
tool_y Cartesian co-ordinate (y-axis) for the sub-grid or 'pin-patch' (image height)
svisit 'Source visit' that printed this spot, approximates to print order
sgrid_x Cartesian co-ordinate (x-axis) for the spot (image width)
sgrid_y Cartesian co-ordinate (y-axis) for the spot (image height)
barcode_384 FlyChip 384-well plate barcode
pl_label FlyChip 384-well plate label
fly_set384 FlyChip microarray format code, linked to array layout
fly_plate384 FlyChip 384-well plate number
fly_row384 FlyChip 384-well plate row
fly_col384 FlyChip 384-well plate column
CloneID Gene (or clone for spikes) the oligonucleotide probe is complementary to,
linked to GenBank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/)
plate_set384 FlyChip plate set
  Operon - D. melanogaster 70mer oligonucleotide prepared in conjunction with Operon
  Spike - A. thaliana 70mer oligonucleotide spike control prepared by FlyChip
  Spotting_Buffer - spotting buffer only, used as a negative control
Oligo_ID Unique oligonucleotide identity
Transcript_ID BDGP-assigned unique identity for D. melanogaster gene transcripts (release 3.1),
linked to FlyBase (http://fbserver.gen.cam.ac.uk:7081/)
Gene_ID Complementary D. melanogaster gene (genome sequence release 3.1) or A. thaliana clone;
D. melanogaster gene linked to FlyBase (http://fbserver.gen.cam.ac.uk:7081/)
Gene_symbol Gene symbol for the D. melanogaster target gene,
linked to FlyBase (http://fbserver.gen.cam.ac.uk:7081/)
Fbid FlyBase FBgn identifier for D. melanogaster oligonucleotide probes,
linked to FlyBase (http://fbserver.gen.cam.ac.uk:7081/)
Gene_description A brief description of the gene, linked to FlyBase (http://fbserver.gen.cam.ac.uk:7081/)
Oligo_sequence Oligonucleotide probe sequence
Tm Predicted Tm calculated by the MFOLD package (Zucker et al. 2003) that uses the SantaLucia 'nearest neighbour' method where Tm = 1000ΔH/ΔS-273.15 (SantaLucia et al. 1998)
norm_ignore Required by FlyChip
spike Required by FlyChip