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Designing, Testing, and Validating a Microarray for Stem Cell Characterization

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Microarray technology is a powerful tool that allows for simultaneous assessment of the expression of thousands of genes and identification of gene expression patterns associated with specific cell types. Here we describe a protocol using this method to examine stem cells.

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  1. Stem Cell Biology Unit, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD

    Yongquan Luo, Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Amy X. Yang, Raj K. Puri & Mahendra S. Rao

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  1. Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Luo, Y., Bhattacharya, B., Yang, A.X., Puri, R.K., Rao, M.S. (2006). Designing, Testing, and Validating a Microarray for Stem Cell Characterization. In: Turksen, K. (eds) Human Embryonic Stem Cell Protocols. Methods In Molecular Biology, vol 331. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59745-046-4:241

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