Table 2

Correlations between signal intensities for replicate hybridizations

Sample
Input RNA
Range of correlations1

Experiment 1


cUHR 1–22
20 ng
0.996
Experiment 2


Mouse liver 1–3
5 ng
0.983–0.993
Mouse liver 4–6
100 ng
0.986–0.991
Experiment 3


K562 1–3
10 ng
0.985–0.990
sUHR 1–3
10 ng
0.983–0.991

1Correlation coefficients (r values) were calculated by examining all three possible pairwise comparisons between replicates.

2The third replicate from this set was removed from all calculations due to losses of material during sample preparation.

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