User`s guide

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When a new chip run starts, the gel view is blank and the first lane—the ladder well—is
selected. As data is acquired, the selection rectangle around the lane will step from left
to right, highlighting the lane that is currently acquiring data.
However, if you select a lane that is earlier in sequence than the current lane, the
highlight will no longer change as new samples are measured but will remain on the
selected lane.
Moving the mouse pointer over a gel-like image will cause sample data to appear next to
a crosshair pointer. What is displayed depends on the type of assay selected:
• With a DNA assay, you will see the base-pair measurements for the area of the lane
beneath the crosshair of the pointer. When the cursor is positioned over a recognized
band, the cursor will change its shape to a target, and the size, concentration, and
molarity are shown in a tool tip window.
• With RNA assays, the size estimate in terms of # of nucleotides (nt) is shown; over
recognized bands, the area and percent of total area is shown.
• With a protein assay, the tool tip window shows the size of the protein (in kDa) and the
relative concentration (in µg/ml).