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News Release from: OGT | Subject: Oligome
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 10 December 2007
Database for customised microarray
design
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) has launched the Oligome, a comprehensive database of more than ten million oligonucleotide probes designed to the latest release of the human genome
This invaluable resource makes it possible to provide custom-designed oligonucleotide arrays for array-based comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) on request, within a very short space of time and at a lower cost than would normally be expected for a custom array OGT's 60mer oligonucleotide microarrays are fabricated using inkjet technology with base-by-base synthesis that allows high precision feature placement, and denser coverage of regions of interest
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 3 Oct 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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OGT offers custom-designed CGH arrays for analysing chromosomal abnormalities within focussed areas of the human genome at high resolution.
As part of the free design service, scientists can simply provide OGT their regions of interest.
OGT then performs the Oligome-based bioinformatics required to design, fabricate and deliver the desired focussed arrays.
"In the past, we have provided custom-made arrays focusing on certain genomic regions by processing the sequence of interest," said Volker Brenner, senior computational biologist at OGT.
"Now that we have compiled the Oligome, we can easily query the database and produce the array design much more quickly, and at a lower cost for the customer.".
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