Patent ID: 8014958
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for confirming immobilization conditions of nucleic acid probes immobilized on a nucleic acid array, comprising the steps of: (a) defining the number of zones to which the nucleic acid probes immobilized on the nucleic acid array belong and one or more given pieces of identification information; (b) calculating X using the following formula: (wherein N represents the number of the pieces of identification information, and M represents the number of the zones to which the nucleic acid probes immobilized on the nucleic acid array belong), defining a number of the integer portion of X as the number of nucleic acid arrays required for confirming the immobilization conditions, X (Y), which are expressed by notation system of base N+1, and which have the same digit number as X (c) preparing complementary nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences complementary to all or a part of nucleotide sequences of the nucleic acid probes, preparing groups of nucleic acid samples corresponding to the number of nucleic acid arrays (X (d) contacting each of the nucleic acid arrays (the number: X (e) matching patterns of expression of the signals detected to patterns of the numerical values (Y) allocated; and (f) confirming the immobilization conditions when the patterns of expression match the patterns of the numeric values (Y).