Microarray Technology Through Applications

Francesco Falciani, Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK

1. Introduction to Microarray Technology 2. Immunoprecipitation with Microarrays to Determine the Genome-Wide Binding Profile of a DNA-Associated Protein 3. Array-Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization (Array CGH) as a Tool for Solving Practical Biological and Medical Questions 4. Use of SNPs Arrays : Design, Tools and Applications 5. In vitro Analysis of Gene Expression 6. The Analysis of Cellular Transcriptional Response at the Genome Level : Two Case Studies with Relevance to Bacterial Pathogenesis 7. Functional Annotation of Microarray Experiments 8. Microarray Technology in Agricultural Research 9. Protein Microarrays Protocol 1. Microarray Printing - Standard Operating Procedure for QIAGEN OPERON Oligonucleotide Arrays Protocol 2. E. coli RNA Extraction Protocol 3. Indirect Labeling of First-strand cDNA Probes Protocol 4. Pre-Hybridization and Washing Protocol for UltraGAP Slides Protocol 5. ChIP Procedure Protocol 6. Array CGH Protocol 7. In vitro Analysis of Gene Expression Using Run-off Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression (ROMA) Appendix 1. Notes on Printing Glass DNA Microarray Slides Appendix 2. Comparative Genomics : The Nature of CGH Analysis and Data Interpretation Appendix 3. Useful Links Appendix 4. Table 7