Resum
The comet assay is one of the most widely used methods to evaluate DNA damage and repair in eukaryotic cells. The comets can be measured by software, in a semi-automatic or automatic process. In this paper, we apply the CellProfiler open-source software for automatic analysis of comets from digitized images, reporting the percentage of tail DNA. A side-by-side comparison of CellProfiler with CASP software demonstrated good agreement between the two packages. Our work demonstrates that automatic measurement of silver-stained comets with open-source software is possible, providing significant time savings. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Idioma original | Anglès |
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Pàgines (de-a) | 60-64 |
Nombre de pàgines | 5 |
Revista | Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis |
Volum | 748 |
Número | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Estat de la publicació | Publicada - 9 d’oct. 2012 |