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STUDY OF HEREDITY

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GENETICS

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It focuses primarily on the likelihood of _____________.

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Genetics - developing cancer

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tests find ______, not diseases.

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genetics - mutations

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STUDY OF GENES, HOW THEY INTERACT AND EXPRESSED AS A WHOLE

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genomics

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If genetics is the study of ______, genomics is the study of _____ and how they interact, how they are passed on from generation to generation, and how they are expressed as a whole.

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heredity, genes

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Genetics and genomics are _________ that focuses on cancer itself and can help determine:

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profiling tools

  1. prognosis (how aggressive)
  2. prediction (what is likely the benefit)
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It is an international scientific research project.

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HUMAN GENOMICS PROJECT

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HUMAN GENOMICS PROJECT
→ Determining the _______.
→ ldentifying and mapping all of the ______.

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sequence of human DNA, human genes

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HUMAN GENOMICS PROJECT
Key Findings:

There are ________ genes in a human
being

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approximately 20,500

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They are the basic physical and functional unit of heredity

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GENES

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They are a part of a DNA.

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GENES

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Some genes act as instructions to make molecules called _____

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proteins

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Each human cell contains ___ chromosomes, and each chromosome contains _____ genes (based on the findings of the Human Genomic Project)

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20,500

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2 TYPES OF GENES

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Structural and Regulatory Genese

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A gene that codes for any RNA or protein product other than a regulatory factor.

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structural genes

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Encode for proteins or RNA

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structural genes

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Encode for mRNAs, rRNAS, and tRNAS.

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structural genes

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Gene products have either structural or functional importance

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structural genes

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A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.

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regulatory genes

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Encode for transcription factors or regulatory RNA

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regulatory genes

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Regulate the expression of structural genes
• Regulatory genes process the ________.
• Ensures that the appropriate genes are __________

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regulatory genes

  • turning on and off of the gene
  • expressed at the proper time.
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EXAMPLES FOR STRUCTURAL GENES

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Lac Z,A,Y genes of lac operon, actin gene

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EXAMPLES OF REGULATORY GENES

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Lac I gene, CAP gene

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WHOLE DNA GENE 2 PARTS

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  1. Intron

2. Exon

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portion of a gene that does not code for amino acids/ proteins

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intron

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  • part of thw whole gene that are just intermissions

- They are just there for the whole DNA to have time in forming a final mature RNA.

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intron

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portion of a gene that will form a part of the final mature RNA produced by that gene after introns have been removed by RNA splicing.

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Exons

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occurs only in a particular type of cell or

tissue where only a subset of an organism’s DNA will be expressed as mRNAs at any given time.

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gene expression

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The gene expression is focused on the _________ (________) where the 20,500 genes are activated simultaneously, and these genes are only activated when they are needed.

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Central Dogma of Life, DNA -> RNA -> protein

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The unique pattern of gene expression for a given cell or tissue is referred to as its __________.

*each gene has a unique pattern

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molecular signature

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If gene __ is activated (after the gene expression), it

means the patient has cancer. (Indication of cancer)

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gene B

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Why is gene expression important in any

malignancy/disease?

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The use of gene expression profiling and development of gene biomarkers/signatures for cancer allows for the diagnosis, progression and aggressiveness analyses, prognosis, and prediction of therapeutic treatment.

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MAIN TYPES OF GENE EXPRESSION ASSAYS

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  1. Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE)
  2. Short Oligonucleotide Arrays SOA (Affymetrix)
  3. Long Oligonucleotide Arrays LOA (Agilent Inkjet)
  4. Fiber Optic Arrays FOA (Ilumina)
  5. cDNA Arrays (Brown/ Botstein)
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It does not use the whole sequence of genes; it only

uses a small part of the gene.

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Short Oligonucleotide Arrays (Affymetrix)

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Father of Microarray Technology

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Mark Schena

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The slide cDNA microarray which was discovered by

Brown and Botstein.

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cDNA array

37
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Each slide contains multiple spots, and each spot

contains the DNA clone

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cDNA array

38
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The sample used in cDNA array is usually _______

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PCR generated

39
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Developed a scanner for reading the output

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Steve Fooder

40
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Developed a quantitative way of monitoring Gene Expression Patterns with complementary DNA Microarray.

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Patrick Brown and Mark Schena

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DNA Microarray is based on the ___________

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Principle of Southern Blotting in the year 1975

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The concept of DNA Microarray began in the ______.

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DNA microarray is also known as

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DNA chip or Biochip

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It is a technology that can sequence thousands of genes at a time in order to quantify the expression of the said genes

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DNA Microarray

45
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The bonding of probes and targets is referred to as

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“HYBRIDIZATION”.

46
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This is the DNA of a sample of interest which

is compared to a reference DNA or ‘control DNA’.

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Target DNA

47
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The gene that is placed into the hole in the

glass slide.

48
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________ in general, are a snapshot that captures the

activity pattern of thousands of genes at once.

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microarray

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a collection of features spatially arranged in a twodimensional grid, arranged in columns and rows.

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the array/slide

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The slide consists of a thousand to hundreds of thousands

of spots per square inch

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Array /slide

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Each spot holds ______ of copies of a DNA sequence from one gene

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3 MAIN TYPES OF DNA MICROARRAY

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  1. Spotted array
  2. In-situ array
  3. Self-assembled array
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→ These arrays use a poly-lysine coated microscope slide.

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SPOTTED ARRAY

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A robotic arm dips a small tip into DNA and then onto the glass surface to fluorescently label the sample

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Spotted array

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The probes need to be synthesized prior to chip preparation

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spotted array

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First arrays to be created

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Spotted arrays

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it is the most straightforward to use and relatively inexpensive.

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spotted array

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Allows the user to check the purity and quantity of the DNA or cDNA to be used

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spotted array

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can be time-consuming as the DNA or RNA have to be extracted, converted into cDNA (in the case of an RNA), and then purified.

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Spotted array

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These arrays use light and photolithography to create

probes on chips.

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In-Situ Array

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These probes are oligonucleotides that match down sequences of targeted DNA

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IN-SITU ARRAY

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These arrays are faster than spotted arrays and do not need cDNA handling; it only requires the target sequence to be known.

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In-Situ Array

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  • have higher sensitivity

- are costly and require specialized machinery to synthesize many arrays themselves

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In-Situ Array

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These arrays are fiber optics.

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Self-assembled array

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DNA is assembled on small polystyrene beads.

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SELF-ASSEMBLED ARRAY

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Some versions contain wells already pre-made in a glass to hold the beads.

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SELF-ASSEMBLED ARRAY

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The beads are encoded with different combinations of fluorophore so that the randomly assembled oligos are identified by their specific combinations.

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SELF-ASSEMBLED ARRAY

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2 COMMON METHODS OF DNA MICROARRAY

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  1. Glass Slide cDNA microarray

2. DNA chip (oligonucleotide) Microarray

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→ Conventional method.

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Glass Slide cDNA Microarray

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First type of DNA Microarray technology developed.

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Glass slide cDNA Microarray

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Invented by __________ & his colleagues at Stanford University.

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Glass slide cDNA microarray- Patrick Brown

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Uses a robotic device which deposits (spots) a nanoliter sample of DNA onto a coated microscopic glass slide (Spot size: 50-150 micrometer in diameter).

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Glass slide cDNA microarray

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The slide is usually made commercially and is made of glass/silicon/nylon.

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Glass slide cDNA microarray

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Each slide contains thousands of spots, and each spot contains a probe for a different gene

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Glass slide cDNA microarray

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→ Probes can attach to the slide by robotic means.

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Glass slide cDNA microarray

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ADVANTAGES:
• Relatively affordable with a ____ cost.
• It requires _______.
• Prior knowledge of sequence is _______.
• Good choice for ______ discovery.
• Necessary clone sets are available for numerous
organisms (_______)

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Glass slide cDNA microarray

  • lower
  • no specialized equipment
  • not necessary
  • new gene
  • humans, mice, rats
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DISADVANTAGES
• Requires ______ for synthesizing & purifying DNA solutions before microarray fabrication.
• _______ of probe (Slide DNA) as compared to oligonucleotides array.
• _________ may occur due to common sequences from the same gene family

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Glass slide cDNA microarray

  • intensive labor
  • Low density
  • cross hybridization
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______ are high-precision robots with metal pins that dip into DNA solution and taps down on the glass
slide.

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Microarray spotters

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Glass slides cDNA microarrays uses ______
• DNA spotting done by _____ arm using multiple pins.
• DNA in a ____ plate.
• DNA is usually _______.
• ______ can also be spotted.

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spotting arrays

  • robotic
  • microtiter
  • PCR amplified
  • oligonucleotides
80
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The process is done by prefabricating or synthesizing single-stranded oligo.

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DNA Chip (Oligonucleotide) Microarray

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Since oligos are usually ____, the density of these arrays is much higher.

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short - DNA Chip (oligonucleotide) microarray

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DNA Chip (Oligonucleotide) Microarray is traditionally called

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‘Gene Chips’ (Gene Chip Array) by

commercial suppliers, such as Affymetrix, Agilent

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ADVANTAGES:
• Fast
• Specific
• Reproducible

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DNA chip microarray

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DISADVANTAGES
• In-situ oligonucleotide array formats tend to have _______ specialized equipment to carry out hybridization, staining of label, washing, and quantitation
process.

• Short sequences (oligonucleotides 10-15 base pair only) used on the array have __________ compared with glass cDNA microarrays.

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DNA chip (oligonucleotide) Microarray
expensive, decreased sensitivity/binding
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DNA MICROARRAY (Procedure)

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  1. Collection of samples
  2. Isolation of mRNA
  3. Creation of Labeled DNA
  4. Hybridization
  5. Microarray scanner
  6. Analyzation of Data
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COLLECTION OF SAMPLES

Samples which can be collected:

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a. peripheral blood
b. aspirate fluid
c. swab sample
d. lavages
- any cells that have DNA can act as sample

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ISOLATION OF mRNA

  • Extract the RNA from the samples. Using either a column or a solvent such as ________
  • After isolating the RNA, we need to isolate the ____ from the rRNA and tRNA. The mRNA has a poly-A tail, so we can use a column containing beads with poly-T tails to bind with the mRNA.
  • Rinse with _____ to release the mRNA from the beads. In turn, the buffer disrupts the Ph, disrupting hybrid bonds
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phenol chloroform, mRNA, buffer

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CREATION OF LABELLED DNA

• Add a labeling mix to the RNA. The labelling mix contains poly-T primers, reverse transcriptase (to make cDNA), and fluorescently dyed nucleotides

  • Add Cyanine-3 (______) to the healthy cells.
  • Add Cyanine-5 (______) to the cancerous cells.
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fluoresces green, fluoresces red

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