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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Patrick J. Collins, Daly City, CA (US);
Keith C. Butler, Newark, DE (US);
Peter G. Webb, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Karen W. Shannon, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sandra L. Tang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Patrick J. Collins, Daly City, CA (US);
Keith C. Butler, Newark, DE (US);
Peter G. Webb, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Karen W. Shannon, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sandra L. Tang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of identifying a sequence of a nucleic acid that is suitable for use as a surface immobilized probe for two or more mRNA transcripts encoded by the same gene are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a consensus region for the two or more transcripts is first identified, and this identified consensus region is then employed to identify the suitable nucleic acid sequence, e.g., by using a probe design protocol. The subject invention also includes algorithms for performing the subject methods recorded on a computer readable medium, as well as computational analysis systems that include the same. Also provided are nucleic acid arrays produced with probes having sequences identified by the subject methods, as well as methods for using the same.