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Agilent SurePrint Gene Expression Microarrays

Jun 08, 2015

Agilent Technologies has updated its SurePrint gene expresssion microarrays for messenger RNA profiling in human, mouse, and rat models. The firm said the updates improve coding and noncoding content. 

Updates to the SurePrint G3 Human v3 gene expression microarray were developed in collaboration with Ghent University for complete coverage of the LNCipedia 2.1 database to assay long noncoding RNA transcripts.

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