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. 2012 Sep 12;13:229. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-229

Table 1.

Feature comparison of different conversion tools (As of April 2012)

Name
Caters
Intervals
Seqs
ID
Annot.
Linkout
Query
Input
Output
Annot.
Basis of
Output
Organisms
Availability
Last
   
  to to IDs to IDs lookup View   mode       conversion format     update    
DAVID
probes, genes,
 




batch
select one
select
S, F
custom generated
html, txt
NA
web,API,
Sep, 2009
   
 
prots.
 
 
 
 
 
one
 
 
 
 
 

EASE,
 
   
Babelomics
probes, genes,
 
 
 


batch
select one
select
S, F
custom generated
html, txt
11 org.
web
Sep, 2009
   
 
prots.
 
 
 
 
 
multiple
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
g:Convert
genes , prots. and
 
 
 
 
 
batch
select one
select
S, F
Ensembl
html, txt, xls
H, M, R, O
web
Jun, 2011
   
 
probes
 
 
 
 
 
one
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
HMS and IC
genes, prots. and
 
 
 


batch
select one
select
S, F
corr. files
html, txt
H, M, O
web,
current
   
 
bio. molecules
 
 
 
 
 
one
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Synergizer
probes, genes and
 
 
 
 
 
batch
select one
select
S
Peg/custom
html, xls
H, M, R, O
web, API
May, 2011
   
 
Prots.
 
 
 
 
 
one
 
 
 
generated
 
 
 
 
   
Clone/Gene
genes and
 
 
 
 

batch
select one
select
S, F
Ensembl
html, txt, xls
H, M, R
web
Apr, 2008
   
 
prots.
 
 
 
 
 
multiple
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
ID Converter
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
MADGene
probes, genes,
 
 
 
 

batch
NA
select
S, F
MADGene link
html, xls
H, M, R, O
web, open
Aug, 2009
   
 
trans.
 
 
 
 
 
multiple
 
 
 
 
 
(17 org.)
source
 
   
GATExplorer
Affy expression &
 

 


single
probes
genes,
S
Ensembl
html
H, M, R
web,
Mar, 2010
   
 
exon arrays
 
 
 
 
 
trans.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
NetAffx
genes, prots.,
 
 
 


batch
select one
select
S, F
UniGene, LocusLink
html, txt
H, M, R, O
web
CND
   
 
probes, other
 
 
 
 
 
one
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
PLANdbAffy
Affy expression
 
 
 


single
Affy, Hugo,Ens
Affy, Hugo,
S
RefSeq
html
H
web,
May, 2009
   
 
arrays
 
 
 
 
 
Ens.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
probeMatchDB
probes, cDNA,
 
 

 

batch
select one
select
S
UniGene, Homologene
html
H, M, R
web
2006
   
 
EST, gene, prots.
 
 
 
 
 
one
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Uniprot
genes and
 
 
 


batch
genes or prots.
prots. or
S, F
UniProt ID
html
NA
web, API,
Jul, 2011
   
 
prots.
 
 
 
 
 
gene
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Onto-
Affy, uniGene clusters,
 
 
 
 

batch
select one
select
S, F
RefSeq, Entrez
html, email
H, M, R, O (58 org.)
web
May, 2009
   
Translate
Acc num
 
 
 
 
 
one
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
AliasServer
Affy, genes,
 
 
 
 

batch
select one
select multiple
S
custom generated
html, txt
Not Available
Not Available
CND
   
 
prots.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
MatchMiner
Affy,
 
 

 
 
batch
select one
choose from
S
custom generated
Email (txt,xls)
H, M
web
Sep. 2006
   
 
genes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
GeneMerge
genes and
 
 
 
 
 
batch
select one
NA
S, F
corr. files
html
5 org.
web
Apr, 2007
   
 
prots.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
BioMart
genes, prots.,
 
 
 


NA
select one
select multiple
S, F
NA
html, txt, xls
H, M, R, O
web, API,
depends on DB
   
 
probes, other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
BridgeDb
probes, genes,
 
 
NA
NA

NA
NA
NA
S, F
Ensembl, other
NA
36 org.
open source
May, 2011
   
 
prots., metabolites
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
AbsIDconvert
genes, trans.,





batch
select one
select multiple
S
Genomic Sequence
html, txt
H, M, R, O
web, VM
Dec, 2011
   
  seqs., probes                     (53 org.)          

aAbbreviations: Annot. View: Custom Annotation view, Annot.: Annotation (S: Structural annotation, F: Functional annotation), org.: Organisms (H: Human, M: Mouse, R: Rat, O: others), prots: proteins, Affy: Affymetrix®;, trans: transcripts, seqs: sequences, Ens.: Ensembl, corr: correspondence, acc: accession, bio: biological, NA: Not Applicable, CND: Could not determine, :download Knowledgebase, VM: Virtual Machine.