DNA microarray

Scientific  

1. A small solid support, usually a membrane or glass slide, on which sequences of DNA are fixed in an orderly arrangement. DNA microarrays are used for rapid surveys of the expression of many genes simultaneously, as the sequences contained on a single microarray can number in the thousands.

2. Also called DNA chip

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Example Sentences

In 2002, as an assistant professor, DeRisi and his collaborator David Wang created the first medical version of this tool, a DNA microarray called the ViroChip that was designed to identify any known virus from a patient’s blood or tissue, and also detect any new or unknown virus.

From New York Times

In 2002, for instance, researchers adapted one of the original high-throughput tools of genomics, the DNA microarray, to glycoscience.

From Nature

Wang, then a PhD student, had just published details of a new type of DNA microarray with his principal investigator at the time, Joseph DeRisi, now at the University of California, San Francisco.

From Nature

For example, current testing methods include analyzing a single gene or panel of genes or DNA microarray that targets multiple regions in the genome.

From Washington Post

Role for E2F in control of both DNA replication and mitotic functions as revealed from DNA microarray analysis.

From Nature