The gene expression array dataset [22 (link)] and pre-processing methods [48 (link)] have been previously described. Briefly, RNA was purified from melanoma cell lines (Qiagen AllPrep kits) and assayed using Illumina HT12 arrays following the manufacturer’s protocols. Hierarchical clustering was performed in Partek Genomic Suite using Euclidian distance and average linkage.
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