Microarray

A Microarray is an Assay Device for biological material (Organic Compound?).

• Example(s):
  • a DNA Microarray.
  • a Protein Microarray.
  • http://cardero.textdrive.com/~dynamicd/ddi/images/nano1.jpg
• See: Two-Dimensional Array, Sensor, Assay, Microarray Data.

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References

2009

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/microarray
  • Any of several devices, containing a two-dimensional array of small quantities of biological material, used for various types of assay; the array itself
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microarray
  • A microarray is a multiplex lab-on-a-chip. It is a 2D Array on a solid substrate (usually a glass slide or silicon thin-film cell) that assays large amounts of biological material using high-throughput screening methods.
  • Types of microarrays include:
    • DNA microarrays, such as cDNA microarrays, oligonucleotide microarrays and SNP microarrays
    • MMChips, for surveillance of microRNA populations
    • Protein microarrays.
    • Tissue microarrays.
    • Cellular microarrays (also called transfection microarrays
    • Chemical compound microarrays.
    • Antibody microarrays.
    • Carbohydrate arrays (glycoarrays)

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