An extensible framework for developing visualization software for gene expression data

Abstract

A design architecture of a software system that analyzes and visualizes gene expression profiles is proposed. Implementation of core elements in the system is provided and a functional system prototype is developed. This system is capable of visualizing data through a scrollable user interface (UI) that only uses a small amount of memory. Current system includes implementation for viewing data as a rooted tree or colored heat maps and includes support for clustering, filtering and printing.