Miniaturized Spotter-Compatible Multicapillary Stamping Tool for Microarray Printing
Author(s) -
Alexei L. Drobyshev,
Nikolai N Verkhodanov,
А. С. Заседателев
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
biotechniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1940-9818
pISSN - 0736-6205
DOI - 10.2144/000112535
Subject(s) - stamping , microarray , computational biology , computer science , materials science , biology , genetics , gene , gene expression , metallurgy
Novel microstamping tool for microarray printing is proposed. The tool is capable to spot up to 127 droplets of different solutions in single touch. It is easily compatible with commercially available microarray spotters. The tool is based on multichannel funnel with polypropylene capillaries inserted into its channels. Superior flexibility is achieved by ability to replace any printing capillary of the tool. As a practical implementation, hydrogel-based microarrays were stamped and successfully applied to identify the Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance.
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