Table 1.

Reactions associated with hybridization of nucleic acids strands

In bulk solution	Reaction
Non-specific hybridization	S + N ↔ S.N
Specific target folding	S ↔ S’
At the microarray surface
Specific hybridization	P + S ↔ P.S
Non-specific hybridization	P + N ↔ P.N
Probe folding	P ↔ P’
During the washing phase
Dissociation of specific duplexes	P.S ↔ P (+ S)
Dissociation of non-specific duplexes	P.N ↔ P (+ N)