Frequently Asked Questions

1.                  What is Biointerpreter?

Biointerpreter is a user-friendly web-based Biological interpretation tool for microarray data. It significantly reduces the biological analysis time from weeks to hours. Biointerpreter is provided for users as annual subscription.

2.            What type of ids can Biointerpreter accept?

Unigene Cluster ID, NCBI Gene ID, Gene Symbol, Nucleotide Accession, Protein Accession, Agilent Probe ID, Affymetrix Oligo ID, Ensembl ID, PIR Accession, Nucleotide GI, Protein GI, Swissprot Accession, Swissprot ID, TIGR ID.

3.            Who can use Biointerpreter?

Biointerpreter is proved to be a useful tool for microarray users, researchers and biologists.

4.            What is P-value in Biointerpreter?

P-value is the probability of getting significant result from your list when compared to population. Chi-square test has been used to calculate the P value. Usually P value less than 0.05 considered as significant.

5.           What are the maximum Query Id limits for Biointerpreter?

The maximum query Id limit for demo version is 50 and the full version is 300. Up to 1000 ids usage can be provided upon request.

6.            What are the different questions Biointerpreter can answer?

Biointerpreter provides 15 different biological views such as Pathway, Function, Chromosome, Disease, Gene expression, Drug response, Protein domain, Gene ontology, Tissue expression, Protein ligand, Phenotype data, Mutation etc. It can decipher the significance of a gene list in minutes. It helps you to readily identify hot-molecules like cancer markers, drug targets etc. hidden in your gene list.

7.            How to access Biointerpreter?

Biointerpreter is currently available on a free, limited time, full-functionality access to users who have significant research interests. Write to us at biointerpreter@genotypic.co.in for your trial login or fill up the form available at http://genotypic.co.in/newAccount1.php

8.            What do you mean the following error - Connection to 202.122.17.46 failed.

If the server is down or any technical problems related to server the error can be shown.

9.            Who do I contact if any error comes?

In case of any error, please write to us at biointerpreter@genotypic.co.in or call us at +918040538200.

10.         What are multifunctional genes denoted in Hotmolecule category?

Multifunctional genes are genes found to be involved in more than 10 different functions.

11.         What is GenoRIF (Genotypic References into Function) in the detailed annotation?   

GenoRIF is a Genotypic curated data that displays the references / Evidence obtained from the published articles for the all known functions / diseases available in Biointerpreter database. These phrases were obtained from the published research articles by automated methods.

12.         What is GeneRIF in the detailed annotation?

GeneRIF is the concise phrase describing a function or functions curated from published scientific articles. This information is collected from Entrez Gene database.

13.        How to send the feedback to Biointerpreter?

We welcome your valuable feedback for Biointerpreter. It will help us to improve the tool. You can provide your feedback at http://www.genotypic.co.in/biointerpreter.html?mnu=6 .

14.        What are the different organisms Biointerpreter is available for?

Human, Mouse, M. tuberculosis, Arabidopsis, Drosophila, Rice, Yeast, Rat (Query Rat IDs in Human), Rat (Query Rat IDs in Mouse).

15.        How often Biointerpreter get updated?

It gets updated every month.

16.        What is the study name in Biointerpreter?

Study name is for the user's reference, it does not change the way program works.