microarray
noun
mi·cro·ar·ray
ˌmī-krō-ə-ˈrā 
: a supporting material (such as a glass or plastic slide) onto which numerous molecules or fragments usually of DNA or protein are attached in a regular pattern for use in biochemical or genetic analysis
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For comparison’s sake, Agilent’s commercial microarrays typically have strands up to 60 bases long.
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Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
After 18 days of exposure to the drugs, the fish - juvenile fathead minnows - had their brains removed and the expression levels of various genes measured using a genetic microarray.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2012
For BRCA1/2, 98% of the variants in Asians, 99% of those in African Americans, 94% of those in Hispanics, and 94% of those in Caucasians would slip through the microarray cracks.
—Sharon Begley, STAT, 17 Oct. 2019
If the company does not test for a variant, needless to say, its microarrays won’t detect it in a customer’s DNA from a spit sample.
—Sharon Begley, STAT, 17 Oct. 2019
For example, current testing methods include analyzing a single gene or panel of genes or DNA microarray that targets multiple regions in the genome.
—Sarah Elizabeth Richards, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
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Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
After 18 days of exposure to the drugs, the fish - juvenile fathead minnows - had their brains removed and the expression levels of various genes measured using a genetic microarray.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2012
For BRCA1/2, 98% of the variants in Asians, 99% of those in African Americans, 94% of those in Hispanics, and 94% of those in Caucasians would slip through the microarray cracks.
—Sharon Begley, STAT, 17 Oct. 2019
If the company does not test for a variant, needless to say, its microarrays won’t detect it in a customer’s DNA from a spit sample.
—Sharon Begley, STAT, 17 Oct. 2019
For example, current testing methods include analyzing a single gene or panel of genes or DNA microarray that targets multiple regions in the genome.
—Sarah Elizabeth Richards, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
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microarray
noun
mi·cro·ar·ray
-ə-ˈrā
: a supporting material (as a glass slide or bead) onto which numerous molecules or molecular fragments usually of DNA or protein are attached in a regular pattern for use in biochemical or genetic analysis
especially
: dna microarray
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