title: A co-printed oligomer to enhance reliability of spotted microarrays.
abstract: Successful printing and hybridization is essential for efficient and reliable data acquisition in a spotted microarray experiments. In this study we demonstrated that printing a 25 mer (printed 25 mer) with a standard 70 mer probe in each spot followed by the use of a fluorescently labeled 25 mer complement in the hybridization mixture ensures monitoring overall printing quality of the chip. This system can also be used as a control to evaluate adequate hybridization, washing, and alignment of spots to position the tracking grids during scanning. A print correction value incorporated in data analysis enhances consistency and reliability of results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Kansas State University-College of Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Jianfa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narayanan
mesh_terms: D015342:DNA Probes / Q000235:genetics*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes