title: Genomic microarrays in the spotlight.
abstract: Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) has emerged as a revolutionary platform, enabling the high-resolution detection of DNA copy number aberrations. In this article we outline the use and limitations of genomic clones, cDNA clones and PCR products as targets for genomic microarray construction. Furthermore, the applications and future aspects of these arrays for DNA copy number analysis in research and diagnostics, epigenetic profiling and gene annotation are discussed. These recent developments of genomic microarrays mark only the beginning of a new generation of high-resolution and high-throughput tools for genetic analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Kiran K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Mantripragada
authors.forename: Patrick G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Teresita
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Diaz de Ståhl
authors.forename: Jan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dumanski
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D005544:Forecasting; D018628:Gene Dosage; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis