Chapter 3.  Getting started

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File descriptions
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File descriptions

stepminer-1.0.jar

The StepMiner tool in Java archive format (.jar).

stepminer, stepminer.bat

Scripts to run StepMiner. For unix systems use stepminer and for Windows systems use stepminer.bat.

images/*

The StepMiner icons.

doc/*

The StepMiner documentations in docbook SGML format.

gene_association.goa_human, gene_association.sgd

These are gene annotations files downloaded from http://www.geneontology.org for human and yeast respectively. The gene annotations are used for the "GO analysis" functionality in StepMiner.

gene_ontology.obo

The gene ontology in OBO format. This is also downloaded from http://www.geneontology.org . The gene ontology is used for the "GO analysis" functionality in StepMiner.

yeast.pcl

Yeast time course data from Brauer, et al.

Matthew J. Brauer, Alok J. Saldanha, Kara Dolinski, and David Botstein
Homeostatic Adjustment and Metabolic Remodeling in Glucose-limited Yeast Cultures
Mol. Biol. Cell 2005 16: 2503-2517. First Published on March 9 2005; 10.1091/mbc.E04-11-0968
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Material]
serum.pcl

Serum response time course microarray data.

Gene Expression Signature of Fibroblast Serum Response Predicts Human Cancer Progression: Similarities between Tumors and Wounds. Howard Y. Chang, Julie B. Sneddon, Ash A. Alizadeh,  Ruchira Sood, Rob B. West, Kelli Montgomery,  Jen-Tsan Chi, Matt van de Rijn,  David Botstein, Patrick O. Brown Full-text | Print PDF (3477K) | Screen PDF (496K) | Synopsis

hongjuan-10uM.pcl

Time course microarray data from Zhao et al.

Hongjuan Zhao, Michael L. Whitfield, Tong Xu, David Botstein, and James D. Brooks
Diverse Effects of Methylseleninic Acid on the Transcriptional Program of Human Prostate Cancer Cells
Mol. Biol. Cell 2004 15: 506-519. First Published on November 14 2003; 10.1091/mbc.E03-07-0501
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]