Table 3

Description of pools and experiments in microarray testing

Pool
External RNA Clones
Background RNA
No. of Arrays

0
1 to 144
none
0
1
1 to 48 pre-labeled
none
3
2
49 to 96 pre-labeled
none
3
3
97 to 144 pre-labeled
none
3
4
1 to 144pre-labeled
none
0
5
1 to 72 (high conc.) 73 to 144 (low conc.)
human
3
6
1 to 72 (low conc.) 73 to 144 (high conc.)
human
3
7*
1 to 96 (diff. conc.)
human
12
8*
1 to 96
human
12
9*
1 to 96
human
12
10*
1 to 96
human
12
11
1 to 96
human
0
12
1 to 96
human
3
13
1 to 96
human
3
14
1 to 96
human
3


Total
75

*Pools 7–10 may be further diluted to expand the concentration range tested.

Array count is per one-color platform and does not include background RNA negative control samples.

Pools 0 and 11 will also be used in QRT-PCR assays.

External RNA Controls Consortium BMC Genomics 2005 6:150   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-6-150