title: SuperArray GEArray S Series Human Stem Cell Gene Array
status: Public on Apr 09 2004
contact.city: Frederick
contact.first: SuperArray
contact.last: Bioscience Corporation
contact.email: support@superarray.net
contact.state: MD
contact.address: Suite 101, 7320 Executive Way
contact.country: USA
contact.institute: Technical Support
contact.phone: 301-682-9200
organism: Homo sapiens
description: The GEArray S Series Human Stem Cell Gene Array is designed to profile the expression of genes known to be important for the identification, growth and differentiation of mouse stem cells. This microarray was developed in collaboration with Dr. Yongquan Luo and Mahendra Rao at the Stem Cell Biology Unit of the National Institute on Aging. It contains 266 known genes that encode markers expressed by stem cells at various stages of differentiation (86), growth factors and cytokines known to regulate stem cell growth (96), extracellular matrix molecules expressed at appropriate developmental stages (36), as well as other proteins such as cell cycle regulators that are thought to be involved in stem cell division. Positive controls and housekeeping genes are also included for normalization to generate relative expression profiles. The array is particularly useful in exploring neural stem cell development, but also contains markers for the identification and differentiation of embryonic, mesodermal and hematopoietic stem cells. Through a simple side-by-side hybridization using your experimental RNA samples, the arrays provided in this kit, and a SuperArray Probe Synthesis Kit (sold separately), you can simultaneously determine the expression profile of important genes for stem cell growth and differentiation.
  Catalog number HS-601.2 (Superarray, Frederick, MD)
  Platform_weblink: http://www.superarray.com/home.php
manufacture_protocol: see manufacturer's web site