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Table 1. List of available microarrays
The list comprises some of the types of microarrays currently available. Information provided includes the companies that distribute these arrays, the type of array, number of elements per array, and other available services or kits.
Company Name Type of Array Arrays available and Comments ----------------- ----------------- --------------------- ------------------------------------------- Affymetrix, Inc. GeneChip® High density Human, rat, mouse, drosophila, Arabidopsis, Expression Arrays oligonucleotide yeast, E.coli. Rat toxicology/neurobiology genome arrays (can arrays available. Customized array service contain about 12,000 available. genes per chip) SuperArray, Inc. GEArray and Nylon membrane cDNA Cell cycle, apoptosis, cytokine, chemokine GEArray Q series; arrays (GEArray has and receptor, cancer, PathwayFinder, tumor Pathway-specific 20 cDNA fragments & metastasis, angiogenesis, adhesion and Gene Expression spotted in duplicate. ECM. Both array types are available as kits Arrays GEArray Q series has containing 2, 4, and 12 membranes. 96 genes) Clontech Atlas Arrays Nylon membrane cDNA Human: 3.8K & 8K, cancer, apoptosis, macroarrays, glass cardiovascular, cell cycle, slide arrays and cytokine/receptor, oncogene/tumor plastic films suppressor, hematology/immunology, (Plastic films and neurobiology, stress, toxicology. Rat: 1K, glass slides have stress, toxicology. Mouse: 1K, cancer, long oligos) stress, toxicology Agilent Agilent Catalog cDNA microarrays Human gene expression arrays, CDNA arrays Microarray kits, and in situ spotted using pre-defined cDNA clone sets Agilent Custom oligonucleotide from Incyte Genomics. Oligonucleotide Oligonucleotide arrays (inkjet arrays feature either 25-mer or 60-mer in Microarrays printed) situ oligonucleotide synthesized probes on glassslides in either 8.4K or 22K format. Customized service available. Sequenom SpectroCHIP Silicon chip Designed for genotyping. containing high density array of mass spectrometry analysis sites Incyte Genomics GEM series of CDNA microarray Human, rat, arabidopsis, mouse. CDNA arrays microarrays using sequence-verified cDNA clones Nanogen NanoChip Electronic chip for Ideal for SNP (single nucleotide Microelectronic RNA and DNA analysis, polymorphism), STR (short tandem repeat) Array is 99-site array and point mutations research for clinical diagnostics NEN Life Sciences MICROMAX cDNA slide microarray Cuts down on starting material, utilizes Products, Inc. 1-4 μg total RNA |