GUV-AP: multifunctional FIJI-based tool for quantitative image analysis of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

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Sych, Taras | Schubert, Thomas | Vauchelles, Romain | Madl, Josef | Omidvar, Ramin | Thuenauer, Roland | Richert, Ludovic | Mély, Yves | Römer, Winfried

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MOTIVATION: Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) are widely used synthetic membrane systems that mimic native membranes and cellular processes. Various fluorescence imaging techniques can be employed for their characterization. In order to guarantee a fast and unbiased analysis of imaging data, the development of automated recognition and processing steps is required. RESULTS: We developed a fast and versatile Fiji-based macro for the analysis of digital microscopy images of GUVs. This macro was designed to investigate membrane dye incorporation and protein binding to membranes. Moreover, we propose a fluorescence intensity-based method to quantitatively assess protein binding. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: The ImageJ distribution package FIJI is freely available online: https://imagej.net/Fiji. The macro file GUV-AP.ijm is available at https://github.com/AG-Roemer/GUV-AP. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

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