An efficient algorithm for the stochastic simulation of the hybridization of DNA to microarrays.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although oligonucleotide microarray technology is ubiquitous in genomic research, reproducibility and standardization of expression measurements still concern many researchers. Cross-hybridization between microarray probes and non-target ssDNA has been implicated as a primary factor in sensitivity and selectivity loss. Since hybridization is a chemical process, it may be modeled at a population-level using a combination of material balance equations and thermodynamics. However, the hybridization reaction network may be exceptionally large for commercial arrays, which often possess at least one reporter per transcript. Quantification of the kinetics and equilibrium of exceptionally large chemical systems of this type is numerically infeasible with customary approaches.

SUBMITTER: Arslan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2805644 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature