Oligonucleotide synthesis
(Agilent, Synteni, Incyte)
also combinatorial; "two color" system
robotic delivery of reagents
no mask required (so cheaper, faster) but features
bigger (150-200 m)
typically uses 50-mers to 75-mers
50-mer specificity similar to full-length probes in
specificity (>75% homology or 15 bp contiguous
identical sequence causes 50-mer cross-
hybridization)