Microarray Image Scanning
By: Latha Ramdas2, Wei Zhang2
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Of the technologies available for measuring gene expression, microarrays using cDNA targets is one of the most common and
well-developed high-throughput techniques. With this technique, the expression levels of thousands of genes are measured simultaneously.
DNA probes are immobilized on solid surfaces, either membrane-based or chemically coated glass surfaces. On glass arrays,
the probes are hybridized with fluorescent-labeled target samples. Fluorescence intensities, which reflect gene expression
levels, are detected by imaging the array using a laser or white-light source and capturing the image using photomultiplier
tube detection or a charge-coupled device camera. Different laser-based scanners are used in laboratories to scan microarray
images. This chapter discusses the imaging process and the protocols being developed.
Affiliation(s): (2) Cancer Genomics Core Laboratory, University of Texas M.D. Anderson cancer Center, Houston, TX
Book Title: Cell Imaging Techniques: Methods and Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 319 | Pub. Date: Nov-01-2005 | Page Range: 261-273 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-993-6_13
Subject: Imaging/Radiology
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