This option supports the parsing and loading of Affymetrix© Microarray Suite MAS <http://www.affymetrix.com/products/software/specific/mas.affx> 4.0/5.0 formatted data. related
The MAS data format has the following salient features:
· Associated p-values to indicate statistical significance of detection.
· Background and Noise statistics.
· Experiment protocol information like Reagents, Samples used.
· Processed data (scaling and normalization used).
The following section provides an example of a partial gene expression dataset in the MAS 5.0 file format that can be loaded by the application. There are 3 reporters (the 3 rows at the end) shown in this example, but a complete dataset would have as many rows as reporters in a given assay.