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  • Title: The scaled volume as an image analysis variable for detecting changes in protein expression levels by silver stain.
    Author: Dutt MJ, Lee KH.
    Journal: Electrophoresis; 2001 May; 22(9):1627-32. PubMed ID: 11425218.
    Abstract:
    A new variable for measuring the relative intensities of silver stained protein spots on two-dimensional gels is described. The scaled volume (SV) more accurately measures the intensity of protein spots and accounts for differences frequently encountered when trying to compare two gels than other variables such as relative volume ratio, optical density, or relative optical density. The SV scales the signal of interest by the noise (gel background) with secondary signals removed (spots not of interest, e.g., technical artifacts). The SV of spot intensities offers a better dynamic response to protein amount for the model proteins studied here. Depending on the quantity of protein loaded onto gels, we have observed a coefficient of variation range of 0.2 to 1.3. We also observe that the SV silver stain response follows a characteristic exponential profile for different proteins.
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