TY - JOUR
T1 - From combinatorial chemistry to chemical microarray
AU - Lam, Kit
AU - Renil, Manat
PY - 2002/6/1
Y1 - 2002/6/1
N2 - Combinatorial chemistry was first applied to the generation of peptide arrays in 1984. Since then, the field of combinatorial chemistry has evolved rapidly into a new discipline. There is a great need for the development of methods to examine the proteome functionally at a global level. Using many of the techniques and instruments developed for DNA microarrays, chemical microarray methods have advanced significantly in the past three years. High-density chemical microarrays can now be synthesized in situ on glass slides or be printed through covalent linkage or non-specific adsorption to the surface of the solid-support with fully automatic arrayers. Microfabrication methods enable one to generate arrays of microsensors at the end of optical fibers or arrays of microwells on a flat surface. In conjunction with the one-bead one-compound combinatorial library method, chemical microarrays have proven to be very useful in lead identification and optimization. High-throughput protein expression systems, robust high-density protein, peptide and small-molecule microarray systems, and automatic mass spectrometers are critical tools for the field of functional proteomics.
AB - Combinatorial chemistry was first applied to the generation of peptide arrays in 1984. Since then, the field of combinatorial chemistry has evolved rapidly into a new discipline. There is a great need for the development of methods to examine the proteome functionally at a global level. Using many of the techniques and instruments developed for DNA microarrays, chemical microarray methods have advanced significantly in the past three years. High-density chemical microarrays can now be synthesized in situ on glass slides or be printed through covalent linkage or non-specific adsorption to the surface of the solid-support with fully automatic arrayers. Microfabrication methods enable one to generate arrays of microsensors at the end of optical fibers or arrays of microwells on a flat surface. In conjunction with the one-bead one-compound combinatorial library method, chemical microarrays have proven to be very useful in lead identification and optimization. High-throughput protein expression systems, robust high-density protein, peptide and small-molecule microarray systems, and automatic mass spectrometers are critical tools for the field of functional proteomics.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00326-5
DO - 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00326-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 12023117
AN - SCOPUS:0036603953
VL - 6
SP - 353
EP - 358
JO - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
JF - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
SN - 1367-5931
IS - 3
ER -