Affymetrix – Agilent Platform Comparison

 

Affymetrix

Agilent

Labeling

Single Color

Single or Dual color

Probe Length

25mer

60mer

# of probes per transcript

11

1

Technology

Gene Expression
Splice Variation Studies
MicroRNA

Gene Expression
MicroRNA

Minimum amount of starting material
(total RNA)

100 ng /3 µl

10-200 ng / 2.5 µl