Patent ID: 7277798

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for analyzing at least one of a plurality of candidate expression wave patterns of biopolymers with respect to a reference expression wave pattern of interest, the method comprising the steps of: (a) displaying images of the plurality of candidate expression wave patterns of biopolymers and the reference expression wave pattern of interest on a display unit by assigning expression levels of said biopolymers under an experiment to a first axis and each corresponding one of said biopolymers on a second axis; (b) selecting a section of the reference expression wave pattern; (c) extending a pattern shape of the selected section a predetermined amount up and down equally into a band-shape wave pattern having a constant width thereof in the direction parallel with the first axis by adding to and subtracting from said pattern shape of the selected section said predetermined amount of expression levels; (d) searching each of the plurality of candidate expression wave patterns for at least one section therein with a pattern shape containing a portion falling within the band-shape wave pattern and satisfying a predetermined value of similarity with the band-shape wave pattern by moving and displaying an image of the band-shape wave pattern along each of the images of the plurality of candidate expression wave patterns of biopolymers and visually overlaying the band-shape wave pattern on said candidate expression wave patterns, wherein said portion is defined by setting a percentage of a horizontal width of said at least one section of the plurality of candidate expression wave patterns at less than 50% and more than 0% so as to cut off equally from two ends of said at least one section of the plurality of candidate expression wave patterns and then to determine whether said portion falls within the band-shape wave pattern, and a similarity of said portion with the band-shape wave pattern being calculated by a selected method if said portion falls within the band-shape wave pattern; (e) extracting expression wave pattern data of each searched section; and (f) displaying the selected section overlappingly with said extracted expression wave patterns and in conjunction with information of said biopolymers and said similarity thereby discovering at least one new fact of said biopolymers, wherein the biopolymers consist of genes, DNAs, or DNA fragments.