Bio-Rad EXQuest Spot Cutter - Manual (Page 291)

PDQuest User Guide
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9.1 Excision Gel Selection
The Excision Gel Selection tool is used to select the gel(s) in a MatchSet from which
to cut spots using Bio-Rad’s ProteomeWorks Spot Cutter System.
First, you must create an analysis set of spots (see section 7.1, Analysis Sets) in the
MatchSet that you want to cut. Then you open the Excision gel Selection tool, select
that analysis set, and identify which gels you want to cut from. This creates a cut list
of spots and gels. Finally, you use the Integrated Excision Tool to perform the cuts.
Note: You must open the MatchSet containing the gels whose spots you want to cut and
create an analysis set out of those spots before you can open the Excision Gel
Selection tool.
With your MatchSet open, select Excision Gel Selection from the Identification
menu. The Excision Gel Selection tool will open, and you will be prompted to select
from the list of available analysis sets in the MatchSet.