tav File Format

TIGR ArrayView needs certain type of file as its input. The type of file is called tav file format that contains a number of columns of data. Now the tav format is accessible by MADAM, MIDAS, and MEV. Although the number of the columns is variable, the first eight columns of data are constantly defined. This version of ExpressConveter generates 17 columns of data described as following:

1. slide_row
2. slide_column
3. meta_row.
4. meta_column.
5. sub_row.
6. sub_column.
7. intensity of channel A (Cy3).
8. intensity of channel B (Cy5).
9. spot area in number of pixels for channel A.
10. spot area in number of pixels for channel B.
11. dummy with 'null'.
12. dummy with 'null'.
13. dummy with 'null'.
14. background intensity of channel A.
15. background intensity of channel B.
16. flag of channel A.
17. flag of channel B.

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