Figure 2

Diagram of the flow of input and output information using the GeneMesh program. After registration a user can upload a microarray dataset in the .CSV format and select a variety of action operations (boxed in the flowchart). Registered users may also enter a list of GeneIDs to obtain MeSH terms associated with genes in the list or they may enter a word or phrase and obtain associated MeSH terms and genes. Dotted lines in the flowchart connect operations that can be performed without uploading a data file. The various types of information outputs are shaded in grey.