Criteria
PANArray
DNA microarray
Specificity
Excellent (10 times)
Moderate
Sensitivity
High (10 times)
Low
Speed in hybridization rate
Fast (0.5-1 hr)
Slow (2-10 hr)
Storage stability
Long (at least for 1 yr at RT)
Short (< 3 mon at RT)
Size of target DNA
Long (up to 4 kbp)
Short (<300 bp)
Selectivity from mixed type
Clean & proportional
Ambiguous
Applications
Diagnostics, expression analysis, SNP even with low density probes
Diagnostics, expression analysis, SNP with high density probes