In this article, we present and discuss new developments in the synthesis and applications of nucleic acid microarrays fabricated in situ. Specifically, we show how the protocols for DNA synthesis can be extended to RNA and how microarrays can be used to create retrievable nucleic acid libraries.
Lietard, J., Schaudy, E., Hölz, K., Ameur, D., Somoza, M. M. High-Density DNA and RNA microarrays - Photolithographic Synthesis, Hybridization and Preparation of Large Nucleic Acid Libraries. J. Vis. Exp. (150), e59936, doi:10.3791/59936 (2019).