The first step in using a microarray is to collect healthy and ... The mRNA is color-coded with fluorescent tags and used to make a DNA copy (the mRNA from the healthy cells is dyed green; the ...

For the cell biologist, identifying changes in gene expression using DNA microarrays ... exciting recent steps towards establishing internet-searchable databases of compiled microarray results ...

The first step is to create the two conditions ... are combined into a single solution and applied to a microarray chip, also known as a DNA chip. The DNA chip is covered with a grid of small ...

An oxidation step creates a more stable coupling ... oligonucleotides as primers for polymerase chain reaction and next-generation sequencing, in DNA microarrays and fluorescence in situ hybridization ...