Applications of peptide arrays prepared by the SPOT-technology.

The growing range of applications for peptide arrays synthesized on coherent membranes by the SPOT-synthesis method proves they have emerged as a powerful proteomics technique to study molecular recognition events and identify biologically active peptides. Several developments, such as the introduction of novel polymeric surfaces, linkers, synthesis/cleavage strategies and detection methods, are facilitating an increasing spectrum of accessible compounds and applications in biological or pharmaceutical research.