NEW YORK, Dec 14 - Genomic Solutions has added mouse, rat, and rat p450 microarrays to its GeneMap pre-printed microarray product line, the company said Thursday.
These products are available now under a special early access agreement and will become generally available for sale in January 2001. The company said it could also produce custom microarrays once researchers have identified a specific subset of genes they wish to use for their experiments.
Genomic solutions developed the arrays under an agreement that provides it access to Research Genetics’ library of cDNA.
The mouse and rat arrays each contain 1,700 genes, and the oligonucleotide-based p450 rat arrays contain 300 genes. Genomic solutions plans to market the p450 array as an inexpensive alternative to early drug discovery assays currently performed using protein enzymes. Genomic solutions also plans to offer additional arrays for most of the 5,000 mouse and 17,500 rat genes in Research Genetics’ libraries.
" Our expanded GeneMAP offerings of mouse and rat cDNA arrays are designed to help 'jump start' researchers' microarray experiments," Shannon Richey, vice president of the genomic business unit at Genomic Solutions, said in a statement.
GeneMAP forms part of Genomic Solutions’ GeneTac biochip system, which provides gene expression analysis and DNA library management as well as microarray production, imaging, and analysis.