Microarray
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Find more about Microarray on Wikipedia's sister projects: | |
 |
Definitions and translations from Wiktionary |
 |
Learning resources from Wikiversity |
 |
Textbooks from Wikibooks |
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)
