title: GE Healthcare/Amersham Biosciences CodeLink™ Rat Whole Genome Bioarray
status: Public on Oct 25 2006
contact.city: College Station
contact.first: Alan
contact.middle: R.
contact.last: Parrish
contact.email: parrish@medicine.tamhsc.edu
contact.state: TX
contact.address: 364 Reynolds
contact.department: Systems Biology
contact.country: USA
contact.institute: Texas A&M Health Science Center
contact.phone: 979-458-1538
organism: Rattus norvegicus
description: CodeLink Rat Whole Genome Bioarray is designed to interrogate approximately 34,000 transcripts representing most of the known and predictive genes of the rat genome, as it is described today in the public domain. Each transcript is represented by a 30-mer probe which is designed to conserved exons across the transcripts of targeted genes. The probe sequences, representing well annotated, full length and partial rat gene sequences, were designed based on sequences selected from the NCBI UniGene build #129, RefSeq database (April 1, 2004 release) and dbEST database (March 20, 2004 release).
  Well-annotated mRNA or coding sequences were chosen to ensure usefulness for a large range of applications in basic research, biotechnology, and drug development. Each sequence was carefully screened to ensure high-quality, specific probe design, and to reduce redundancy of gene targets. All of the probes designed to these sequences were functionally tested, and over 95% were functionally validated against 10 rat tissues to ensure best representation of the gene and biologically relevant results. For flexibility and data preservation, CodeLink Rat Whole Genome Bioarrays are compatible with lower density CodeLink rat bioarrays. This means that existing data from CodeLink UniSet™ Rat 10K Bioarrays can be continuously used in future studies along with newly generated data from CodeLink Rat Whole Genome Bioarrays.
  This platform submission is identical to GPL2896, except that it utilizes the PROBE_NAME for the unique identifier (ID).  Additionally, duplicate PROBE_NAME values have been condensed so each probe is only represented once in the platform data table.   Finally, the annotations are derived from NCBI UniGene build #144, RefSeq database (August 8, 2005 release) and dbEST database (September 5, 2005 release).
manufacture_protocol: http://www4.amershambiosciences.com/aptrix/upp01077.nsf/Content/codelink_user_protocols