You can create microarray designs and sets with your own probes in several
ways. You can use eArray to search for or upload your own probes, or to
create specialized probes. You can use your own probes for all application
types except microRNA. Currently, microRNA arrays only accommodate Agilent
Catalog probe content. Also, as you design your microarray, read Agilent's
custom microarray design
guidance document for your specific application type.
Search
for or upload
the probes, or create probes based on uploaded target sequence data or
GenBank accessions (Gene
expression (GE) probe design), or based on the tiling of specific
target sequences or genomic regions (Simple
Tiling and Genomic Tiling).
The availability of these tools varies by application type.
Create
probe groups with the probes.
Create
the microarray design/set using the probe groups, and edit
it as needed.
Place
the design/set in review, if desired, and wait for other users to
make comments and changes.
After enough review has occurred, complete the design/set,
and submit it to Agilent
Manufacturing. You can then request
a quote for the array. Agilent does not fabricate the actual microarray
slides until you subsequently order them through your Agilent representative,
or buy them from the Agilent
Online Store through eArray.
If you like, you can share your microarray
design with your colleagues around the world on OpenGenomics.com, Agilent's Web site dedicated to news,
presentations, research, resources, and products related to microarrays.
The site includes a repository of microarray designs created in eArray.
See Publish content on OpenGenomics.