Title |
Truke, a web tool to check for and handle excel misidentified gene symbols
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, March 2017
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DOI | 10.1186/s12864-017-3631-8 |
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Authors |
Izaskun Mallona, Miguel A. Peinado |
Abstract |
Genomic datasets accompanying scientific publications show a surprisingly high rate of gene name corruption. This error is generated when files and tables are imported into Microsoft Excel and certain gene symbols are automatically converted into dates. We have developed Truke, a fexible Web tool to detect, tag and fix, if possible, such misconversions. Aside, Truke is language and regional locale-aware, providing file format customization (decimal symbol, field sepator, etc.) following user's preferences. Truke is a data format conversion tool with a unique corrupted gene symbol detection utility. Truke is freely available without registration at http://maplab.cat/truke . |
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United States | 12 | 24% |
United Kingdom | 7 | 14% |
Australia | 3 | 6% |
Switzerland | 3 | 6% |
Germany | 2 | 4% |
Canada | 1 | 2% |
New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
China | 1 | 2% |
Poland | 1 | 2% |
Other | 6 | 12% |
Unknown | 12 | 24% |
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Scientists | 23 | 47% |
Members of the public | 23 | 47% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 4% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
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Unknown | 16 | 100% |
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Researcher | 8 | 50% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 6% |
Other | 1 | 6% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 6% |
Student > Bachelor | 1 | 6% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 4 | 25% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 38% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 19% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 6% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 6% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 4 | 25% |