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microarray technology

Used for:

biochip

Used for:

gene chip

See for:

microchip

See for:

molecular array

Broader Terms:

genetic technique

Related Terms:

functional /structural genomics

Related Terms:

gene expression profiling

Related Terms:

high throughput technology

Related Terms:

nucleic acid hybridization

Related Terms:

nucleic acid sequence

Scope Note:

hybridization based tool used to analyze how large numbers of genes interact with each other and how a cell's regulatory network controls a vast battery of genes simultaneously; used for genotyping, mapping, sequencing, sequence detection; usually constructed by applying biomolecules onto a slide or chip, labeled with fluorescent probe and scanned with microscope or imaging equipment.

Term Number:

5000-0010


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