Rat Microarrays

MWG Biotech offers three arrays — a Rat 10K Array, a Rat 5K Array, and a Rat Liver Array — for investigating one of the most important model organisms in toxicogenomics and life science research. The new 10K Array contains gene-specific probes representing 10,000 unique rat genes. In addition to the 5,535 genes from public databases already available on the Rat 5K Array, it presents another 4,105 genes annotated from an in-house EST sequencing project. Portions of expressed genes were sequenced from brain, heart, liver and kidney tissue from three different rat strains: SHRSP (stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats), WKY (wistar kyoto rats) and SD (Sprague Dawley rats). By focusing on actively expressed genes under various conditions, a larger number of genes can be investigated as to function, gene group and organ specificity. The Rat 10K Array provides fast and precise identification of disease-relevant genes and for the study of the effects of new drugs. Additionally, this array allows for the functional analysis of a large number of physiological, biochemical and biological correlations.