The GENE application takes CEL files as input and produces expression
summary values. In order to do this, the first step is to specify the
CEL files to include. You can use the "Add Files..." button or the
"File" menu, "Add Cel Files" to bring up the file selection
dialog.
From the "Add Cel Files" you can choose one or more CEL files to add to the GENE application. Once the files are selected, they will be listed along with the chip type in the "CEL Files" window (see figure below). You must use CEL files of the same chip type.
NOTE: GENE accepts CEL/CDF files in both the old (text) format and the
newer binary format. The file type is automatically identified when
loading the data.
In addition to selecting the CEL files, you must also indicate the CDF file, corresponding to your chip type. You may leave this blank if the correct CDF is in the same directory as the first CEL file in the list. Or you may set a global option (see Options section) indicating the directory to look for CDF files.