Company | Species* | Array Type | Approx. $/#genes |
Affymetrix | H,M,S,E | chip | $1K-3K / 6K |
Atlas/Clontech | H,M | nylon | $475 / 588 |
GEM/GenomeSystems | H | glass | |
GDA1.3/GenomeSystems | H,M | nylon | $2K / 45K |
Genosys | E | nylon | $700 / 4K |
Pathways/Research Genetics | H,S,R | nylon | $3K / 5K |
Synteni/Incyte | H | glass |
Nylon membranes can be reused up to 60 times; Research Genetics
says 5 times.
Affymetrix says no reuse of its chips.
Arraying and scanning equipment:
Company | Array-System/Head-Tips/Scanner | Price |
Axon Instruments (GenePix 4000A) | S | |
Affymetrix / HP | S | $180K |
Beecher Instruments | A,S | |
BioRobotics microGrid | A | |
Cartesian | A | $75 |
Genomic Solutions (GSI GeneTAC 2000, LS IV) | A,S | |
General Scanning (GSI Lumonics 5000) | S | $90K |
Genetic Microsystems (now part of Affymetrix) | A,S | $100K |
Genometrix | A,S | |
GeSim Nano-Plotter | A | |
Intelligent Bio-Instruments | A | |
Molecular Dynamics/Amersham | A,S | |
Microfab Piezoelectric | A | |
Molecular Devices | S | $65K |
Precision | S | |
Stanford | A | |
Telechem | H | |
Virtek (ChipReader) | S | $60K |
Array analysis software:
Company | Price |
GDA1.3/GenomeSystems | $7500 |
Atlas/Clontech | $7200 |
Molecular Dynamics/Amersham | |
Pathways/Research Genetics | $2850 |