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Appendix l calibration and merging, L.1 calibrating gels, Appendix l – Bio-Rad EXQuest Spot Cutter User Manual

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Appendix L

Calibration and Merging

You can use calibration strips (calstrips) to calibrate your scans for more accurate
quantitation. Calstrips are required for both gel calibration and merging multiple
exposures.

L.1 Calibrating Gels

The commands for calibrating gels are located on the Edit > Calibrate Gels submenu.

Fig. L-1. Edit > Calibrate Gels submenu.

Creating a Calstrip File

If calstrip images are currently part of your gel images, you will have to crop them
and save them as separate files for use in PDQuest. To do so, select Advanced Crop >
Define Calstrip Area from the Image menu, draw a box around your calstrip, then
crop it and save it as a calstrip file. See section 3.13.a for instructions.

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