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tiling array

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Helen Parkinson

definition

A tiling array is an array which has short fragments of nucleic acid immobilized on a substrate. These are designed to cover the whole genome of the target species. Tiling arrays are used to determine genome binding in ChIP assays or to identify transcribed regions.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_array

has exact synonym

genome tiling array

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