A verification protocol for the probe sequences of Affymetrix genome arrays reveals high probe accuracy for studies in mouse, human and rat

Table 2 Percentage of verified probe sets for all Affymetrix human, mouse and rat arrays analyzed

array	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
HC-G110	80	91	97	Feb 19, 2002
HG-Focus	86	97	99	Jul 02, 2002
HG-U133A 2.0	84	96	98	Nov 07, 2003
HG-U133A	84	96	98	Feb 19, 2002
HG-U133B	80	96	98	Feb 19, 2002
HG-U133 Plus 2.0	82	96	98	Nov 07, 2003
HG-U95Av2	84	93	97	Feb 19, 2002
HG-U95B	78	92	97	Feb 19, 2002
HG-U95C	71	85	93	Feb 19, 2002
HG-U95D	68	83	93	Feb 19, 2002
HG-U95E	71	86	93	Feb 19, 2002
HuGeneFL	68	84	94	Feb 19, 2002
Human X3P	20	25	26	Jul 19, 2004
MG-U74Av2	74	81	84	Feb 19, 2002
MG-U74Bv2	71	83	87	Feb 19, 2002
MG-U74Cv2	39	49	61	Feb 19, 2002
MOE-430A	90	95	97	Jun 18, 2003
MOE-430B	81	92	96	Jun 18, 2003
Mouse 430 2.0	85	94	97	May 25, 2004
Mouse 430A 2.0	90	95	97	Jun 18, 2003
Mu11K-A	71	82	89	Feb 19, 2002
Mu11K-B	45	53	57	Feb 19, 2002
RAE-230A	80	94	97	Jun 19, 2003
RAE-230B	69	89	94	Jun 19, 2003
Rat 230 2.0	64	89	93	Jul 20, 2004
RG-U34A	60	69	74	Feb 19, 2002
RG-U34B	20	28	33	Feb 19, 2002
RG-U34C	22	32	38	Feb 19, 2002
RN-U34	81	87	91	Feb 19, 2002
RT-U34	66	73	79	Feb 19, 2002

(a) all probe sequences are sequence verified; (b) all probes, except at most two per probe set, are sequence verified; (c) all probes, except at most two per probe set, are sequence verified allowing for one or two mismatches between probe and target gene; (d) date of release of the array.

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