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GeneChip® Mouse Expression Set 430

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. How many genes and transcripts are represented on the arrays in the GeneChip Mouse Expression Set 430?

  2. How many arrays are in the set?

  3. What is the volume of hybridization cocktail?

  4. What is the fluidics protocol for the GeneChip Mouse Expression Set 430?

  5. What are the major improvements in the design of the arrays in the GeneChip Mouse Expression Set 430?

  6. How has the GeneChip Mouse Expression Set 430 design and performance been tested?

  7. What is the nature of specificity of the probe sets included in the GeneChip Mouse Expression Set 430?

  8. What is a probe set? What do the different suffixes attached to a probe set name mean?

  9. How do the arrays in the Mouse Expression Set 430 compare with the arrays in the MG-U74v2 Set?

  10. What tools are available to compare my data from the MG-U74v2 Set and the Mouse Expression Set 430?

  11. Where can I obtain sequence information for the probes and probe sets represented on the arrays in the GeneChip Mouse Expression Set 430?

  12. Is there a tool to visualize the specificity of the probe sets represented on the arrays in the GeneChip Mouse Expression Set 430?

  13. What is on the Mouse 430A and what is on the Mouse 430B Arrays?

  14. Is the entire mouse genome represented?

  15. What are the normalization genes?

  16. How can I identify the normalization genes?

  17. How were the normalization controls determined?

  18. How do I use the mask to normalize or scale to the normalization genes?

  19. How can I modify the mask or make my own that contains a subset of the normalization genes?

  20. Are there any transcripts represented exactly as they were on MGU74v2?

  21. Which transcripts that were represented on the MG-U74v2 Set are not represented on the GeneChip Mouse Expression Set 430?

  22. How long will MG-U74v2 Set be available?

  23. What components should I check before installing the Library file on my local workstation?