Invitrogen launches non-coding RNA profiling array

USA-based Invitrogen Corp has launched the first high-density microarray for the profiling of non-coding RNAs. The NCode Human and Mouse non-coding RNA microarrays consist of both non-coding RNA and mRNA content on the same array.

The arrays are designed by Invitrogen and manufactured by US firm Agilent Technologies using the latter's proprietary SurePrint technology.

Transcription, or the synthesis of RNA as directed by DNA, involves not only mRNA corresponding to the genes that are translated into proteins, but also tens of thousands of long non-protein-coding RNAs, which appear to comprise a vast hidden layer of genetic programming implicated in development and disease pathways in mammals, Invitrogen noted.