Environmental application of array technology: promise, problems and practicalities

Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2003 Jun;14(3):311-8. doi: 10.1016/s0958-1669(03)00057-0.

Abstract

Array technology has been applied in environmental research using innovative approaches in gene expression, comparative genomics and mixed community analysis. Greater fundamental understanding of sources of experimental and analytical error in array experiments should facilitate the future application of array technology to environmental analysis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Bacteria / genetics*
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Coculture Techniques / instrumentation
  • Coculture Techniques / methods
  • Environmental Monitoring / instrumentation
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods*
  • Gene Expression Profiling / instrumentation
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / instrumentation
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / trends
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sequence Analysis / instrumentation
  • Sequence Analysis / methods*