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We request that any use of data, protocols, or resources obtained from this web site be cited in publications and web presentations using the following format:

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In publications, please also cite, as appropriate:

• J Quackenbush, J Cho, D Lee, F Liang, I Holt, S Karamycheva, B Parvizi, G Pertea, R Sultana, J White: The TIGR Gene Indices: analysis of gene transcript sequences in highly sampled eukaryotic species. Nucleic Acids Res 2001, 29:159-64.
• Y Lee, R Sultana, G Pertea, J Cho, S Karamycheva, J Tsai, B Parvizi, F Cheung, V Antonescu, J White, et al: Cross-referencing eukaryotic genomes. Genome Res 2002, 12:493-502.
• J Tsai, R Sultana, Y Lee, G Pertea, K Karamycheva, V Antonescu, J Cho, B Parvizi, F Cheung, J Quackenbush: RESOURCERER: a database for annotating and linking microarray resources within and across species. Genome Biology 2001, 2:software0002.1-0002.4.
• G Pertea, X Huang, F Liang, V Antonescu, R Sultana, S Karamycheva, Y Lee, J White, F Cheung, B Parvizi, et al: TIGR Gene Indices clustering tools (TGICL): a software system for fast clustering of large EST datasets. Bioinformatics 2003, 19:651-2.

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