A Comparative Study of the Impact of G-Stack Probes on Various Affymetrix GeneChips of Mammalia

Table 1

List of organisms and their chip designs used in this study. The number of annotated probes and the number of G-stack probes include both the main and control probes.

Organism	Chip Design	Chip size	No. of annotated Probes	No. of G-stack Probes	No. of Affected Probe Sets
Humans	HG_U133_Plus_2	1164 ∗ 1164	604,258	24,980	16,254
(Homo_Sapiens)	HG_U133A	712 ∗ 712	247,965	12,868	8,298
	HG_U95A	640 ∗ 640	201,807	7,329	3,733
	HG_U95B	640 ∗ 640	201,862	6,334	3,240
	HG_U95D	640 ∗ 640	201,858	7,198	3,227
	HG_U95E	640 ∗ 640	201,863	7,880	3,514
Mouse	MOE430A	712 ∗ 712	249,958	372	314
(Mus Musculus)	MOE430B	712 ∗ 712	248,704	252	203
	MG_U74Av2	640 ∗ 640	197,993	7,360	3,556
	MG_U74Bv2	640 ∗ 640	197,131	7,006	3,614
Rat	RAE230A	602 ∗ 602	175,477	81	58
(Rattus Norvegicus)	Rat230_2	834 ∗ 834	342,410	208	163
	RG_U34A	534 ∗ 534	140,317	3,691	2,104