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Table 2 Contents of an exemplary “sample_info.txt” file

From: virtualArray: a R/bioconductor package to merge raw data from different microarray platforms

 

Array.name

Sample.name

Batch

Covariate

1

GSM574058

GSM574058

GSE23402

fibroblast

2

GSM574059

GSM574059

GSE23402

fibroblast

3

GSM574060

GSM574060

GSE23402

fibroblast

4

GSM574061

GSM574061

GSE23402

ESC

5

GSM574062

GSM574062

GSE23402

ESC

6

GSM574063

GSM574063

GSE23402

ESC

7

GSM574064

GSM574064

GSE23402

ESC

8

GSM574065

GSM574065

GSE23402

ESC

9

GSM574066

GSM574066

GSE23402

ESC

10

GSM574067

GSM574067

GSE23402

ESC

11

GSM574068

GSM574068

GSE23402

ESC

12

GSM574069

GSM574069

GSE23402

ESC

13

GSM574070

GSM574070

GSE23402

ESC

14

GSM574071

GSM574071

GSE23402

ESC

15

GSM574072

GSM574072

GSE23402

ESC

16

GSM574073

GSM574073

GSE23402

ESC

17

GSM574074

GSM574074

GSE23402

ESC

18

GSM574075

GSM574075

GSE23402

ESC

19

GSM574076

GSM574076

GSE23402

ESC

20

GSM574077

GSM574077

GSE23402

ESC

21

GSM574078

GSM574078

GSE23402

iPSC

22

GSM574079

GSM574079

GSE23402

iPSC

23

GSM574080

GSM574080

GSE23402

iPSC

24

GSM574081

GSM574081

GSE23402

iPSC

25

GSM648497

GSM648497

GSE26428

iPSC

26

GSM648498

GSM648498

GSE26428

iPSC

27

GSM648499

GSM648499

GSE26428

fibroblast

28

GSM710513

GSM710513

GSE28688

fibroblast

29

GSM710514

GSM710514

GSE28688

fibroblast

30

GSM710515

GSM710515

GSE28688

fibroblast

31

GSM710516

GSM710516

GSE28688

fibroblast

32

GSM710517

GSM710517

GSE28688

fibroblast

33

GSM710518

GSM710518

GSE28688

fibroblast

34

GSM710519

GSM710519

GSE28688

fibroblast

35

GSM710520

GSM710520

GSE28688

fibroblast

36

GSM710521

GSM710521

GSE28688

ESC

37

GSM710522

GSM710522

GSE28688

ESC

38

GSM710523

GSM710523

GSE28688

iPSC

39

GSM710524

GSM710524

GSE28688

iPSC

40

GSM710525

GSM710525

GSE28688

iPSC

41

GSM710526

GSM710526

GSE28688

iPSC

  1. The first two columns need to correspond to the sample names used in the ExpressionSets, respectively. In column 3 the contribution of individual samples to batches is tracked. Finally, column 4 contains user defined group assignments of each sample. Group assignments (covariates) can include more than one column, for example to include source tissue, sex, age, etc.