Bio-Rad EXQuest Spot Cutter - Manual (Page 43)

6.0 ANALYSIS SET EXCISION TOOL
The Analysis Set Excision Tool is designed to use the advanced capabilities of the PDQuest ™ software in
creating cut request lists and cutting gels and blots. With the Analysis Set Excision Tool, you can manually
select the gel or gels contained in an analysis set to cut, or let the software automatically select the best
gels and spots in an analysis set to cut.
6.1 SETTING UP AN ANALYSIS SET EXCISION RUN
1. Start PDQuest software and open the match set that contains the desired analysis set. To create an
analysis set, see the PDQuest user manual.
2. Click Identify/Analysis Set Excision Tool (see Figure 6-1) to open the Analysis Set Excision
Wizard.
Figure 6-1. Identify pull-down menu
3. Click the Name down arrow and select the desired analysis set. If a description of the analysis set
has been entered previously, it will be displayed in the Description field. The number of spots
contained in the analysis set will be displayed in the Spot count field.
Figure 6-2. Wizard: Analysis Set Selection
ANALYSIS SET EXCISION TOOL
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