Figure 8.

Effects of mismatch type and position on inkjet oligonucleotide hybridization. Slides were printed using standard conditions described in Materials and methods. Reporter sequences representing all possible single-base mismatches in a 12 mer duplex were used. (a) The substitution of a non-guanine with a guanine (G) within the probe sequence was slightly, but significantly, less destabilizing than the other types of substitutions. (b) The destabilizing effect of the mismatch was less at the very ends of the probes than in the central positions. Position 1 is closest to the substrate; position 12 is furthest away.