The array design specification consists of the description of the common features of the array as the whole, and the description of each array design elements (e.g., each spot).
Following terminology used in MicroArray and Gene Expression (MAGE), we can distinguish between three levels of array design elements :
feature – the location on the array
reporter – the nucleotide sequence present in a particular location on the array
composite sequence – a set of reporters used collectively to measure an expression of a particular gene, exon, or splice-variant.
MilleGen can help you to collect all or a part of these informations according to your sequencing projects. The data can be provided as a spreadsheet or table, either on a supplementary web-site or in specific databases. For more detailed examples see at Microarray and Gene Expression Data Society (MGED) web site.
