Table 6

Microarray design

Total number of probes

Total number of genes

Probes detected

Genes detected


Singletons 1 probe

12,912*

12,912

8,265

8,265

Singletons >1 probe

82

37

45

27

Gene families

566

177

436

162

Alternative transcripts

7,207

2,768

5,128

2,479

Negative controls

503

5

-

-

Agilent controls

1304

-

-

-

Total

22,574

15,894

13,874

10,933


The total number of probes and genes in each of the main categories, as well as the number of probes and genes detected in our experiment, are shown. *One singleton probe (of the same sequence) was printed in two duplicate spots.

McIntyre et al. Genome Biology 2006 7:R79   doi:10.1186/gb-2006-7-8-r79

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