While many supplies and suppliers exist, the following is a partial list of some favorites to get started with:

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Commonly used supplies

 

Pre-Printed Microarrays

• Phalanx Human OneArray ^TM 
• Phalanx Mouse OneArray ^TM 
  

Coated Slides for Printing Microarrays

• Vantage Epoxide Slides by Cel Associates
• Super Microarray Substrates from TeleChem
• Corning UltraGAPS and GAPS II
• SuperChip, UltraClean and Biocold slides by Erie Scientific
• "Homebrew" prepararation of Poly-lysine Slides (pdf) according to DeRisi
• Carbodiimide slides from
  

Hybridization Chambers

• CMT-Hybridization chamber by Corning Science Products Division
• Arrayit Hybridization Cassette by Arrayit.com
• Atlas Hybridization Chamber
• Tip Boxes (home made)
  

Hybridization Cover Slips

• Cover Glass by Corning Science Products Division
• Fisherfinest Premium Cover Glasses by FisherScientific
• LifterSlips & M-series LifterSlips by Erie Scientific
• HybriWell Press-to-Seal chamber (HBW75) by Grace Biolabs

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Staining/Wash Jars

• Coplin Staining Jars (5 slides, vertical) from FisherScientific
• Staining Dishes with removable slide rack (20 slides, horizontal) from FisherScientific
• 4-slide holder/mailer with lid from Evergreen Scientific
• 5-slide mailer from Fisher Scientific

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Exogenous Nucleic Acid Controls

• ArrayControl by Ambion
• SpotReport by Stratagene
• Lucidea Universal ScoreCard by Amersham Biosciences
• AFGC Microarray Control Set from the Arabidopsis Functional Genomics Consortium

RNA Preparation

• RNeasy kits from Qiagen
• SuperScriptII from Invitrogen
• Home-optimized beadmilling followed by RNA coulmn isolation
  

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Labeling - Direct

• SuperScript Direct cDNA Labeling System by Invitrogen
• Micromax ASAP RNA LAbeling Kit from PerkinElmer

Labeling - Indirect

• 3DNA Array Detection from Genisphere
• Amino Allyl cDNA Labeling Kit from Ambion
• CyScribe First-Strand Labelling Kit by Amersham Biosciences