X:Map is a project for mapping between the Genome and other disparate features and databases. To start with, we have mapped to the Affymetrix Exon arrays, but we hope in the future to expand this to include other arrays and datatypes
This product includes software developed by Ensembl (http://www.ensembl.org/)
It consists of a website for general visualisation of Gene/Transcript/Exon/Probeset/Protein relationships, and an R package "exonmap" to support statistical analysis of Exon Array experiments
Who made this?
X:Map was created by the Bioinformatics Group at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research (PICR)
Specifically:
- Tim Yates » Code, Core Database Design, API and Website
- Chris Wirth » Proteins and Domains Code, API and Database
- Dr. Crispin Miller » Group Leader
And previously:
- Michal Okoniewski » Original Microarray Analysis and Database design
How was it made?
The following primary data sources were used to build this site:
- The Ensembl database
- Affymetrix Chip Definition files
And the following technologies
- Sun Java
- The Groovy Scripting language
- The Grails Web Framework
- The R project for statistical computing
- The Blitz JavaSpaces Project
- The Google Maps API
- Apache Tomcat
- MySQL
- The Bowtie Short Read aligner
- Pfam
X:Map was funded by Cancer Research UK, and the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research.