Absolute mRNA concentrations from sequence-specific calibration of oligonucleotide arrays
Autor: | Alexander R. Taussig, Marcelo O. Magnasco, Felix Naef, Doeke R. Hekstra |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Langmuir
Oligonucleotide Gene Expression Profiling Hybridization probe Nucleic Acid Hybridization Articles Biology Sensitivity and Specificity Molecular biology Nucleic acid thermodynamics Adsorption Models Chemical Calibration Genetics Gene chip analysis Molecule RNA Messenger Oligonucleotide Probes Saturation (chemistry) Biological system Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis |
Zdroj: | Nucleic Acids Research. 31:1962-1968 |
ISSN: | 1362-4962 |
DOI: | 10.1093/nar/gkg283 |
Popis: | Oligonucleotide microarrays are based on the hybridization of labeled mRNA molecules to short length oligonucleotide probes on a glass surface. Two effects have been shown to affect the raw data: the sequence dependence of the probe hybridization properties and the chemical saturation resulting from surface adsorption processes. We address both issues simultaneously using a physically motivated hybridization model. Based on publicly available calibration data sets, we show that Langmuir adsorption accurately describes GeneChip hybridization, with model parameters that we predict from the sequence composition of the probes. Because these parameters have physical units, we are able to estimate absolute mRNA concentrations in picomolar. Additionally, by accounting for chemical saturation, we substantially reduce the compressive bias of differential expression estimates that normally occurs toward high concentrations. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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