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<controlled_vocabulary db_table="Protocol" db_column="type" cv_table="PRT_Type">
  <comment type="definition">This table provides the restricted vocabulary for the column type in the table Protocol and is used to give a high-level cut as to which of the manipulations in the array and sample prep processes is being described	
</comment>
  <comment type="curation_tool_programatic">The elements of this
controlled vocabulary are encoded in the curation tool. They regulate
the sub-setting of which protocol entries are displayed in the protocol
screen.</comment>  
<term name="growth"
        description="protocol relates to growth conditions for the organism, such as temperature, pH, light and nutrients"/>
<term name="rna_prep"
        description="protocol relates to how the target RNA sample was prepared, such as phenol or guanidinium extraction"/>
<term name="tissue_or_sample"
        description="protocol describes the particular tissue or cell type isolated for the RNA extraction"/>
<term name="cdna_and_labeling"
        description="protocol relates to how the cDNA was made from RNA, and labeled"/>
<term name="hybridization"
        description="protocol relates to how the target and probe interaction was manipulated for stringency and kinetics"/>
<term name="other_protocol"
        description="protocols that describe less general procedures such as oligo manufacture and QC, slide or filter preparation etc"/>
</controlled_vocabulary>

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