microarray
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microarray (plural microarrays)
Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the assay itself
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A small radioactively or chemically labeled probe containing a sequence-tagged site (STS) can be hybridized onto a microarray upon which the clones are printed.
Although extremely comprehensive, microarray methodologies only provide information about the expression and condition of specific genes at a particular time, which may be a limiting factor based on study objectives.
In 2007 he became a BBSRC Career Development Fellow with a remit to exploit microarray technology for studies of copy number variation in birds and humans.
This article reviews commonly used testing techniques, such as DNA microarray, RT-PCR, SAGE, northern blot and RNA sequencing, and describes their application in testing the effects of cosmetic ingredients and products on skin.
Expression data can be used to infer gene regulation: one might compare microarray data from a wide variety of states of an organism to form hypotheses about the genes involved in each state.
In a study of patients 25 years after wartime exposure to chemical weaponry, c-DNA microarray profiling indicated that a total of specific 122 genes were significantly mutated in the lungs and airways of sulfur mustard victims.