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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): HP GeneArray [Affymetrix/HP]
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: P Scott Pine
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1069 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Thompson Karol L KL Pine P Scott PS Rosenzweig Barry A BA Turpaz Yaron Y Retief Jacques J
BMC biotechnology 20070913
<h4>Background</h4>The interpretability of microarray data can be affected by sample quality. To systematically explore how RNA quality affects microarray assay performance, a set of rat liver RNA samples with a progressive change in RNA integrity was generated by thawing frozen tissue or by ex vivo incubation of fresh tissue over a time course.<h4>Results</h4>Incubation of tissue at 37 degrees C for several hours had little effect on RNA integrity, but did induce changes in the transcript level ...[more]