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5. In the Reporter Dye and Quencher Dye dropdown
lists, select the appropriate dyes for the
detector.
Note: The dyes that appear on the Reporter and
Quencher Dye lists are those that have been
previously entered using the Dye Manager. If the
dye that you want to use does not appear in a list,
use the Dye Manager to add the dye and then
return to this step in this procedure. Refer to the
Online Help for the 7000 SDS instrument for
more information.
6. Click the Color box, select a color to represent
the detector using the Color dialog box, then
click OK.
7. Optionally, click the Notes field, then enter any
additional comments for the detector.
8. Click OK to save the detector and return to the
Detector Manager dialog box.
9. Repeat steps 2 through 8 for the remaining
detectors.
10. In the Detector Manager dialog box, click Done
when you have finished adding detectors.
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Example
In the sample RQ experiment, a detector was created for each target gene and endogenous control. 24 detectors were
created: 23 for the target genes and 1 for the endogenous control, GAPDH.
For example, the detector for the ACVR1 gene was named ACVR1 and assigned a yellow color. Because all Assays-on-
Demand products have probes that are labeled with FAM dye, FAM was selected for the reporter dye. Additionally,
Assays-on-Demand products use TaqMan MGB probes, which do not need quenchers; no quencher dye was selected for
the detector.
Assays-on-Demand products are shipped with an assay information file (AIF). This text-based file contains information
about the assays that you ordered, including the Applied Biosystems Assay ID number, well-location of each assay, primer
concentration, and primer sequence. The file also indicates the reporter dyes and quenchers (if applicable) that are used for
each assay. When creating detectors, you would use the reporter dye and quencher information (and optionally, the gene
name or symbol for the sample name).
You can view the contents of AIFs in a spreadsheet program, such as Microsoft Excel.
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