Article: Recent studies by S. Mahajan and co-authors add new data to life sciences findings.

"Oligonucleotide-based arrays are increasingly becoming useful tools for the analysis of gene expression and single-nucleotide polymorphism. Here, we report a method that allows the direct immobilization of thiolated oligonucleotides onto an epoxy-activated glass surface via a stable thioether linkage under microwaves," scientists in Delhi, India report (see also Life Sciences).

"The described chemistry efficiently immobilizes the probes via terminal thiol groups with uniform Spot morphology. The thioether linkage could endure repeated PCR-like heat cycling with only 2.5% loss after 20 cycles. indicating that the chemistry can be used in integrated PCR/microarray ...

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