Submission Overview

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Overview

GEA accepts all functional genomics data generated from microarray or next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms. Popular experiment types are transcription profiling (mRNA and miRNA), chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and SNP genotyping. Here is the full list of experiment types in GEA.

Microarray-based and sequencing-based submissions should follow the MIAME and MINSEQE guidelines, respectively.

GEA accepts	GEA does not accept
Studies concerning quantitative gene expression, gene regulation, epigenetics, SNP genotyping or other functional genomics studies. Examples include: mRNA profiling, RNA-seq small RNA profiling, miRNA-seq ChIP-Seq HiC-seq methyl-seq, bisulfite-seq SNP microarray genotyping If you have questions about whether GEA can accept your data type, please contact us.	human data that require controlled access (submit to JGA) transcript assemblies (submit directly to DRA and the Transcriptome Shotgun Assembly of DDBJ) whole genome sequencing (submit directly to DRA and WGS of DDBJ ) metagenomic sequencing (submit directly to DRA and environmental sequences of DDBJ) resequencing, variation or copy number projects (submit directly to DRA and the appropriate NCBI (human-only) and EBI variation resources) survey sequencing, whole exome (submit directly to DRA) metabolomics and proteomics data (submit proteomics data to jPOST) For information on how to submit these types of data, please refer to the DDBJ website.

GEA accepts

GEA does not accept

Studies concerning quantitative gene expression, gene regulation, epigenetics, SNP genotyping or other functional genomics studies.

Examples include:

mRNA profiling, RNA-seq
small RNA profiling, miRNA-seq
ChIP-Seq
HiC-seq
methyl-seq, bisulfite-seq
SNP microarray genotyping

If you have questions about whether GEA can accept your data type, please contact us.

human data that require controlled access (submit to JGA)
transcript assemblies (submit directly to DRA and the Transcriptome Shotgun Assembly of DDBJ)
whole genome sequencing (submit directly to DRA and WGS of DDBJ )
metagenomic sequencing (submit directly to DRA and environmental sequences of DDBJ)
resequencing, variation or copy number projects (submit directly to DRA and the appropriate NCBI (human-only) and EBI variation resources)
survey sequencing, whole exome (submit directly to DRA)
metabolomics and proteomics data (submit proteomics data to jPOST)

For information on how to submit these types of data, please refer to the DDBJ website.

Submission files

Microarray experiment

Submit microarray experiment

Sequencing experiment

Submit sequencing experiment

Accession numbers

Experiments and array designs in GEA are given unique accession numbers in the following formats (n is a number). For the middle four-letter codes, please see the ArrayExpress accession codes.

E-GEAD-n for experiments
A-GEAD-n for array designs

Accessions numbers are generated when sufficient metadata and data files are provided for a submission.

Data release

The data can be kept private until your paper is published. You can set the hold date for a maximum of 4 years and can change it. Registered records are released according to the Data Release Policy.

FAQ: How to request data release?

Reviewer access

Submitters are able to generate an access token for journal reviewers after a pre-published experiment or array design is loaded into the GEA database. For instructions, see reviewer accesss page for how to obtain an access token and communicate it to journal editors and reviewers.

Update

After submitting data to GEA, please contact us to update or withdraw your data.