This web page was produced as an assignment for Genetics 677, an undergraduate course at UW-Madison.
Microarrays
_Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)
The synthesis of a functional gene product from a gene is called gene expression. Microarray technology is useful for scientists to analyze the expression of thousands of genes in a single experiment efficiently. It can be used to explore the underlying genetic causes of human diseases. In this case, GEO (click here for introduction of GEO) provides a search database for gene expression data base on gene name, organism, or disease.
The synthesis of a functional gene product from a gene is called gene expression. Microarray technology is useful for scientists to analyze the expression of thousands of genes in a single experiment efficiently. It can be used to explore the underlying genetic causes of human diseases. In this case, GEO (click here for introduction of GEO) provides a search database for gene expression data base on gene name, organism, or disease.
Analysis
First I would like to note that searching for HEXA in GEO returned so many results. Then, I decided to key in "HEXA, tay-sachs" in GEO database. Unfortunately, I was not able to find out significant results related to the gene expression of HEXA in Tay-Sachs disease.