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Stephanie Mewborn wrote: > I'm not sure of the best way to ask this question, but I'll try. I > used anncols and anntable within R to annotate my final list of up/down > genes from my array analysis. I am using subsequent programs to look > at these genes that use the Hs.xxxx unigene identifier to look up > additional information for each gene. Some of the Hs.xxx numbers > assigned to the affymetrix probe ids during the annotation now produce > errors in my further analyses. When I look these ids up at Unigene I > get a message that the id has been retired. Is there a better way to > have this table annotated so that it is more current with the UniGene > database? Are you using the most current version of the annotation package for your Affy chip? These were re-built only a few months ago, so I wouldn't expect many UniGene IDs to have been retired in the interim. Best, Jim > > Stephanie > > > Stephanie K. Mewborn, Ph.D. > Post-Doctoral Fellow > University of Chicago > Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology > Phone: 773-702-2684 > Fax: 773-702-2681 > > [[alternative text/enriched version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor -- James W. MacDonald University of Michigan Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core 1500 E Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor MI 48109 734-647-5623 ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.