TaqMan Gene Expression Assay Formats

The most comprehensive gene expression qPCR assay selection in the industry— helping you achieve highly sensitive and specific detection from your research.

TaqMan Gene Expression Assays are probe and primer sets based on 5’ nuclease chemistry using TaqMan MGB (minor groove binder) probes, the most quantitative gene expression technology available.

• Offer the highest specificity, greatest sensitivity, and largest dynamic range of any gene expression technology
• Ready-to-go format: TaqMan Gene Expression Assays require no optimization and minimize the labor, expense, and bioinformatics expertise required to design qPCR assays

• Low entry price
• Run on any real-time PCR instrument
• Over 2.6 million pre-designed assays spanning over 30 different species
• Predesigned assays come in four different sizes; order only the number of assays appropriate for your research
• FAM or VIC dye labeling, and non–primer-limited or primer-limited formulation

To search pre-designed assays, use our Assay Search Tool.

To design your own assays, use our Custom Assay Design Tool.

• Optimal for small to medium projects
• Balances flexibility with streamlined reaction setup
• Available in both standard 0.2-mL 96-well plates (20 µL reaction volume) and Fast 0.1-mL 96-well plates (10 µL reaction volume)

Flexible-content TaqMan array plates

• Begin with a suggested list of pre-designed assays targeting a pathway or disease of interest
• Flexible content panels allow you to make substitutions
• Delete genes that are not in the spotlight and replace with more relevant genes or specific markers of interest
• Available for human, mouse, or rat genes
• Plates ship in 1-2 weeks
• Minimum order quantity is six plates

Browse our flexible-content panels

Fixed-content TaqMan array plates

• Pre-configured with the most relevant TaqMan Gene Expression Assays that target relevant genes for specific biological pathways, processes, or diseases
• Plates ship in 1-2 days
• Minimum order quantity is one plate

Search our fixed-content panels

Custom TaqMan array plates

• Fully customizable content—choose any pre-designed assay in a variety of formats
• Plates ship in 1-2 weeks
• Minimum order quantity is six plates

Configure custom TaqMan array plates using our online configurator tool.

• Low cost per reaction
• Optimal for medium to large projects
• Run on QuantStudio 7 & 12K Flex, ViiA 7, and 7900HT real-time PCR systems
• No robotics required—cards have eight sample-loading ports, each connected to 48 wells containing dried-down TaqMan Gene Expression Assays
• 1-µL final reaction volume = low master mix usage

Fixed-content TaqMan array cards

• Pre-configured with the most relevant TaqMan Gene Expression Assays that target relevant genes for specific biological pathways, processes, or diseases
• Cards ship in 1-2 days
• Minimum order quantity is four cards (some panels available in smaller quantities)

Search our fixed-content panels

Flexible-content TaqMan array cards

• Begin with a suggested list of pre-designed assays targeting a pathway or disease of interest
• Flexible content panels allow you to make substitutions
• Delete genes that are not in the spotlight and replace with more relevant genes or specific markers of interest
• Available for human, mouse, or rat genes
• Cards ship in 3-4 weeks
• Minimum order quantity is 10 cards

Browse our flexible-content panels

Custom TaqMan Array Cards

• Fully customizable content—choose any pre-designed assay in a variety of formats
• Cards ship in 3-4 weeks
• Minimum order quantity is 10 cards

Configure custom TaqMan Array Cards using our online configurator tool.

• Lowest cost for large projects
• Ultimate throughput
• TaqMan Assays loaded and dried down into the 3,072 through-holes on OpenArray real-time PCR plates
• Process up to 576 samples to obtain over 43,000 data points, with a single operator in an 8-hour day, without the use of robotics
• For use with the QuantStudio 12K Flex Real-Time System with an OpenArray block configuration and supporting reagent kits only
• OpenArray plates with inventoried assays are typically delivered in 4–5 weeks (5–6 weeks for custom assays)

Learn more about OpenArray technology on the QuantStudio 12K Flex system

Fixed-content TaqMan OpenArray plates

• Pre-configured with the most relevant TaqMan Gene Expression Assays that target relevant genes for specific biological pathways, processes, or diseases
• Minimum order quantity is one OpenArray plate

Search our Fixed Content OpenArray plates

Flexible-content TaqMan OpenArray plates

• Begin with a suggested list of pre-designed assays targeting a pathway or disease of interest
• Flexible content panels allow you to make substitutions
• Delete genes that are not in the spotlight and replace with more relevant genes or specific markers of interest
• Available for human, mouse, or rat genes
• Minimum order quantity is a single 10-pack

Browse our flexible-content panels

Custom TaqMan OpenArray plates

• Fully customizable content—choose any pre-designed assay in a variety of formats
• Minimum order quantity is a single 10-pack

Configure custom OpenArray Plates using our online configurator tool

• Configure 96- or 384-well plates with any TaqMan Gene Expression Assays
• 96-well TaqMan array plates containing custom assays must go through our Specialty Plating Service
• All 384-well TaqMan array plates must go through our Specialty Plating Service
• Receive plates in dried-down or liquid formulation
• Plates ship in 2-5 weeks
• Minimum order quantity is 10 plates

For more information visit our Specialty Plating Service webpage.