Figure 7

Northern blots confirm a majority of gene expression changes for both methods. The far right-hand column shows northern blot results performed in triplicate for genes identified by each microarray design method. For each gene, the fold-change from the microarray together with the average fold-change quantified from the northern blots is shown. To correct for loading differences, in the northern blots each measurement was normalized to the corresponding amount of 18S rRNA measured on each gel. A representative example of the 18S rRNA is shown on the bottom of the figure. Two of the Z74615 northern blot bands were discarded due to contamination. Down-regulated, up-regulated, and false positive genes that were not confirmed by northern blots are indicated.