Table 1. Exon array designs.

Array	Agilent HD Exon Array	Nimblegen Exon Array	DeRisi [5]	Bozdech [30]	Llinas [19]	Das [31]
Platform	Agilent	Nimblegen	Printed	Printed	Agilent	Agilent
Plexes	8	12	1	1	8	8
Unique Probes	62976	128179	7642	10159	14353	6362
Range of Probes Per Exon	1–52	5–20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Average Probes Per Gene	12	22	2	2	3	1.1
Genes Represented	5440	5683	4408	5363	5752	5276
Transcript Isoform Profiling	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
ncRNAs	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes

Comparison of Nimblegen and Agilent HD Exon Arrays and Other Glass Slide P. falciparum Gene Expression Microarrays.[5,19,30,31]