The array file should be a comma or tab separated file containing rows of peptide sequences and corresponding signal value. The rows may also contain a sector name (e.g. array well "A01") or a wavelength value (e.g. "552" or "IgE").

A header row should state clearly what the different columns contain. The following column terminologies can be used (capitalization doesn't matter):

The file should be gzip compressed and should not exceed 50 Mb in size. For an example of array file, see the Sample data section.

Note: Any peptide sequences not derived (including single amino acid substitution) from the supporting antigen sequence file will not be processed.

These sequences are used for guiding the mapping of array peptides back to its original antigen sequence and to identify substituted peptides.

The sequences must be in FASTA format

The sequences can be pasted into the input field in FASTA format instead of uploading a file.

Note: Antigen sequences with no derived array peptides will not be reported in the output.

The following default algorithm parameters can be customized by the user:

Choose sectors to include
In case that the processing of all array wells in the uploaded data is undesired, specify which wells should be processed by entering the names of the wells in a comma separated list, e.g. A01,A03,A04. In case of numeric wells (0-99) you can also specify a range, e.g. 1-6.

Choose how to handle array layout
If the microarray is designed with physically separated sectors (wells), tick the Handle sectors individually checkbox. This will ensure that peptides in one well is not normalized against deriving peptides in another well, subjected to a different treatment.

Choose significance threshold
The statistical inference in the algorithm uses a default significance threshold of 0.0001, which means that there is less than 0.01% chance that the null hypothesis is rejected incorrectly (false positive). Other thresholds are available from the dropdown menu under Significance Threshold Alpha.

Specify peptide length manually
The algorithm cannot process multiple peptide lengths. In case of multiple peptide lengths in the array data, you can specify the peptide length that you wish to have processed. By default the algorithm uses the data to find the most frequent length.

Click on the "Submit" button. The status of your job (either 'queued' or 'running') will be displayed and constantly updated until it terminates and the server output appears in the browser window.i

At any time during the wait you may enter your e-mail address and simply leave the window. Your job will continue; you will be notified by e-mail when it has terminated. The e-mail message will contain the URL under which the results are stored; they will remain on the server for 24 hours for you to collect them.