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Affymetrix GeneChips®

The following Transcriptome-Microarrays are used at Microarray Core (Information as provided by ThermoFisherScientific).

 

Array type3' IVT expression cartridgeGene array
Assay3' end of transcriptWhole-transcript sense strand
Benefits
  • Proven, industry-leading solution for whole-genome expression profiling
  • Increase confidence in your results with industry-leading resolution and highly reproducible data
  • Complete and unbiased 5' to 3' end coverage of gene expression
  • Get a more detailed look of possible transcript variants with this more refined representation of gene expression
  • Avoid complications of less annotated 3' ends of genes by interrogating across the entire transcript
Available Chip-Type

 

Affymetrix Clariom Arrays

The novel Clariom S assays focus on well-annotated genes (>20,000), providing researchers with the ability to perform cost-effective gene-level expression profiling studies and to quickly assess changes in key genes and pathways. For more details click here.

Human U133 Plus 2.0

  • Provides comprehensive coverage of the transcribed human genome on a single array
  • Analyzes the expression level of over 47,000 transcripts and variants, including 38,500 well-characterized human genes
  • Comprised of more than 54,000 probe sets and 1,300,000 distinct oligonucleotide features
  • Up-to-date gene list and annotation of U133Plus 2.0 (>20MB!)

Mouse 430 2.0

  • Provides coverage of the transcribed mouse genome on a single array
  • 45,000 probe sets analyze the expression level of over 39,000 transcripts and variants from over 34,000 well characterized mouse genes
  • Up-to-date gene list and annotation of Mouse 430 2.0 (>15MB!)

Rat 230 2.0

  • Provide comprehensive coverage of the transcribed rat genome
  • 31,000 probe sets analyze the expression level of over 30,000 transcripts and variants from over 28,000 well-substantiated rat genes
  • Up-to-date gene list and annotation of Rat 230 2.0 (>10MB!)

More information about the Whole-Transcriptome Microarrays can be found here.