Expression profiling using cDNA microarrays

cDNA microarrays are capable of profiling gene expression patterns of tens of thousands of genes in a single experiment. DNA targets, in the form of 3´ expressed sequence tags (ESTs), are arrayed onto glass slides (or membranes) and probed with fluorescent– or radioactively–labelled cDNAs. Here, we review technical aspects of cDNA microarrays, including the general principles, fabrication of the arrays, target labelling, image analysis and data extraction, management and mining.

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