Resource Review

Genevestigator V3: A Reference Expression Database for the Meta-Analysis of Transcriptomes

Table 1

Currently available data. Overview of the number of quality controlled and annotated arrays, partitioned into types of biological contexts for which expression data is available in the database (status: March 2008). For mouse and Arabidopsis, the number of curated pathway reactions is indicated.

HumanMouseRatArabidopsisBarley
Size of arrays10 k20 k47 k12 k40 k8 k31 k22 k22 k
Number of Affymetrix arrays1109378627823071196721468583110706

Anatomy
total of nodes in anatomy tree97174185150133108634323
central nervous system33465139162920
cell culture / primary cells1339291921109
other anatomy parts518910492966934

Development
number of stages available998121267106

Stimulus (external perturbations)
total number of treatments81295243122811075516839
chemical treatments13973243344525403
diseases, biotic stresses2361341212401824
other external perturbations*451371756735583011012

Mutation (internal perturbations)
number of mutant models or cell lines14251171005216717

Reaction networks
Number of reaction nodes9451199

*includes: surgery, stress, hormone, growth factors and cytokines, exercise, caloric restriction, fasting, peptides, several tumor types, light irradiation, and many more external perturbations.