Background: Genomic deletions and duplications are important in the pathogenesis of diseases, such as cancer and mental retardation, and have recently been shown to occur frequent...
Background: The Affymetrix GeneChip technology uses multiple probes per gene to measure its expression level. Individual probe signals can vary widely, which hampers proper interp...
Rudi Alberts, Peter Terpstra, Menno Hardonk, Leoni...
Background: RNA interference has revolutionized our ability to study the effects of altering the expression of single genes in mammalian (and other) cells through targeted knockdo...
Jyoti K. Shah, Harold R. Garner, Michael A. White,...
Background: Biologists often conduct multiple but different cDNA microarray studies that all target the same biological system or pathway. Within each study, replicate slides with...
Background: Gene expression microarray experiments are expensive to conduct and guidelines for acceptable quality control at intermediate steps before and after the samples are hy...
Lesley Jones, Darlene R. Goldstein, Gareth P. Hugh...