eArray's extensive search and browse tools let you retrieve and view available content, both from the Agilent Catalog and from your own folders. When you do a search, you specify search criteria, and eArray retrieves content that matches. When you browse, you select a specific folder, and eArray lists the content within it. If your workgroup administrator has set up browse categories for your workgroup, you can also browse workgroup content by categories.
The main content types in eArray are:
Probes are the single-stranded reporter DNA molecules that are the fundamental components of microarrays. eArray stores both their nucleotide sequences as well as annotation and accession information.
Probe groups are collections of probes associated by one or more criteria, and provide a means to organize probes. eArray stores probe groups as references to the probes within the group, not the actual probes themselves.
Microarray designs are sets of files that contain all of the information necessary to manufacture specific microarray slides. If more than one microarray slide is needed to accommodate a desired set of probes and probe groups, eArray can distribute the probes across multiple slides in a microarray set.
Baits are oligonucleotides that you can use to isolate specific genomic fragments or RNAs of interest for sequencing. You work with baits in the SureSelect Target Enrichment and SureSelect RNA Enrichment application types. You organize baits into bait groups, and include one or more bait groups in a bait library. See SureSelect Target Enrichment libraries and RNA enrichment libraries.
The table below summarizes the specific search and browse tools available to you in eArray. Click the links in the table below for more information. The availability of tools varies by application type.
To view available
Use these tools
Probes
Search Your Probes
GO probe search
High Density (HD) probe search
SNP probe search
Exon probe search
Probe groups
Probe group search
Browse probe groups
Microarray designs and sets
Microarray design/set search
Browse microarray designs
Browse microarray sets
eArrayXD design search
Baits, bait groups, and bait libraries
Bait search
Bait group search
Browse bait groups
Library search
Browse Libraries
eArrayXD library search
After you search or browse, you can apply a filter to customize the results. Probe filters are especially sophisticated, and let you apply an Agilent probe filter or your own custom probe filter to your probe search results. Search and Browse results are also the main gateway to the actions you can take on most content items.
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