Intensity ratios of RNA (channel 1) divided by DNA (channel 2) signals minus respective local background signals. Total array is 16 blocks arranged in 4X4 configuration
Data processing
Data centring was performed by bringing the median ratio (Cy5/Cy3) for each of the 16 blocks to one using the following equation: (Ti) = (Cy5i/Cy3i) - c, where T is the centred ratio, i is the gene index, Cy5 and Cy3 are the red and green intensities and c is the 50th percentile of all Cy5/Cy3 ratios. Flagged features are omitted from the data centring process.