Select Pair of Images to Flicker Compare from 2D DNA gel study

This subset of gels was from a study of 2-D DNA alterations in K-ras trasformed NIH-3T3 cell lines in the Laboratory of Dr. Ming You, at the Medical College of Ohio. Samples include four K-ras transform NIH-3T3 2-D images, and three control NIH-3T3 images.

The References describe the preparation and experimental conditions of this study.

Overview of 2D DNA gel Study

In this study, a two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DGE) assay was used to scan the entire genome of K-ras trasformed NIH-3T3 cell lines for DNA alterations. This method involves cleaving of high molecular weight DNA by three restriction enzymes (Not I, EcoR V, and Hind III), radioactive labeling and separating DNA fragments by 2-DGE. The labeled fragments generate thousands of individual spots on X-ray films. The radioactive intensity of each spot represents the copy number of this fragment in the genome. By comparing the 2-DGE profile of transformed cell lines with their normal counterparts, genetic alterations such as amplification, and allelic loss can be detected.

For more information about this study and other 2D DNA experiments contact James L. Patrick or Dr. Ming You, Department of Pathology, Medical College of Ohio Toledo, Ohio. 419-381-3455 jpatrick@opus.mco.edu (J. Patrick) / myou@gemini.mco.edu (M. You)

Hint: suggested comparison of control-1 with K-ras2. Set the control-1 central image position to (115,170) and that of K-ras2 to (123,174). This differents represents a prime candidate spot of DNA to cut out, clone and amplify with PCR. It has a p-value of 0.001.

To Flicker Compare two gels:

1. First select a different image for the Left and Right images. This entails a) setting the radio button for the source type and b) selecting the particular image from the scrollable list or typing it directly. You may use any of the three from image sources available for both the Left and Right images. Note: you can only compare different images (not an image against itself).

2. Then press Go Flicker to generate a Flicker comparison of this pair of images.

3. Please WAIT while images load. Depending on the access speed of the web site where the images reside, this may take several minutes.

Flicker Image Comparison: Flicker is a Java program for comparing two images. See the Flicker home page for more information on Flicker.

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Left Image:
NCI Flicker Server image (left)

Right Image:
NCI Flicker Server image (right)

Enter any image URL (http:// or ftp://) (right)

Reference

List of 2D DNA gel images

Each of these controls and K-ras gels represent different replicate cell lines to demonstrate the reproducibility of this assay.


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$Date: 1998/12/07 14:18:23 $ jpatrick@opus.mco.edu (J. Patrick), Medical College of Ohio / lemkin@ncifcrf.gov, (LECB,NCI/FCRDC)