Agilent Technologies SurePrint G3 gene expression microarray

Agilent Technologies has introduced the SurePrint G3 gene expression microarray, providing up to one million features per standard 1 x 3″ slide for added throughput, and coverage which includes both coding and non-coding RNA.

These third-generation microarrays feature high sensitivity to detect low-expressing genes, along with a high level of accuracy. High-quality data is generated using 60-mer probes fabricated by the Agilent SurePrint technology.

The G3 gene expression microarrays combine coding and non-coding RNAs on a single array. The content includes long intergenic non-coding RNAs based on novel content from a collaboration with the John Rinn Laboratory at the Broad Institute of MIT, and Harvard. The higher density of the SurePrint G3 gene expression microarrays accommodates the lincRNA content, along with mRNA probes.

The microarrays are available in both catalogue and custom configurations. Agilent’s exclusive online eArray tool can be used to design custom arrays. Custom configurations offer virtually unlimited options, permitting from 60,000 probes on each of eight arrays per slide to one million probes on a single array. Users can, for example, combine human and pathogen probes while realising the throughput and low cost of multiplexing experiments.