Communications Biology (Jul 2022)

A computational approach to quantifying miscounting of radiation-induced double-strand break immunofluorescent foci

  • Samuel P. Ingram,
  • John-William Warmenhoven,
  • Nicholas T. Henthorn,
  • Amy L. Chadiwck,
  • Elham E. Santina,
  • Stephen J. McMahon,
  • Jan Schuemann,
  • Norman F. Kirkby,
  • Ranald I. Mackay,
  • Karen J. Kirkby,
  • Michael J. Merchant

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03585-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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PyFoci is a tool that simulates distributions of fluorescently labeled DNA double-strand break marker protein foci and allows the estimation of miscounting under different radiation types, doses and microscopy settings.