Ultrasonic approach to enhance signal-to-noise in three dimensional microarray

Anal Biochem. 2008 May 15;376(2):280-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.01.039. Epub 2008 Feb 6.

Abstract

Three-dimensional polyacrylamide gel microarray (3-D gel microarray) has a strong adsorption for hybridzation probes with fluorescent label, resulting in high fluorescent background noise. The background noise has hampered the broad application of the microarray in scientific research. A low-frequency ultrasound of 40 kHz has been successfully employed to efficiently remove the nonspecifically bound fluorescent probes from the 3-D gel microarray. The method can significantly enhance the signal to noise ratio of the 3-D gel microarray and make it work better in single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acrylic Resins
  • Genotype
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Ultrasonics*

Substances

  • Acrylic Resins
  • polyacrylamide gels