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===Parameters===
===Parameters===
* [[User:Jakob Suckale|Jakob]] - target: e.g. standard protein name, possibly link to UniProt or NCBI protein
* [[User:Jakob Suckale|Jakob]] - target: e.g. standard protein name, possibly link to UniProt or NCBI protein
** OK - ''put in an example target protein; abbreviation in target field, full name in box header''
** OK
*** [[User:Jakob Suckale|Jakob]]: ''put in an example target protein; abbreviation in target field, full name in box header''
* [[User:Jakob Suckale|Jakob]] - raised against: full-length protein, peptide
* [[User:Jakob Suckale|Jakob]] - raised against: full-length protein, peptide
** OK
** OK
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* [[User:Jakob Suckale|Jakob]] - not cross-reactive against: as above
* [[User:Jakob Suckale|Jakob]] - not cross-reactive against: as above
** OK - ''made this italic to offset it from the species where this antibody can be used''
** OK
***[[User:Bill Flanagan|Bill Flanagan (OpenWetWare.org at MIT)]] 09:55, 22 June 2009 (EDT)Done
*** [[User:Jakob Suckale|Jakob]]: ''made this italic to offset it from the species where this antibody can be used''
****[[User:Bill Flanagan|Bill Flanagan (OpenWetWare.org at MIT)]] 09:55, 22 June 2009 (EDT)Done


==For documentation==
==For documentation==

Revision as of 10:49, 23 June 2009

                   
List of OpenWetWare Antibodies
anti γ Tubulin 1 (product#)
Target UniProt ID  P23258
Cross-Reactive w  human
Not Cross-Reactive w  mouse, rat
Raised Against  peptide
Suitability for..
Western Blot  worked
Immunoprecipitation  untested
Staining fixed cells   uncertain
Staining cryo-sections  worked
Staining paraffin sections  failed
Help

Suggested changes to infobox template

Boiling down the template to the essentials

  • Jakob:Name and Target contain the same info. Let's drop Target and just have the name field that becomes the infobox header.
  • Target UniProt ID should be kept. It's important because the UniProt enforces a unique name and a link to more useful info.
  • Type - Not sure what this is for? What is antibody-cat1? Can we remove this or hide it?
  • Species and Description are currently also overlapping. Let's drop species since it's also confusing to have it close to the fields non/cross-reactive species.

Putting parameters in order

Jakob: Suggested re-ordering of parameters:

  1. Antibody type - here: mouse monoclonal
  2. TargetID - most important info; should come top
  3. Raised against - should be directly after target protein because it explains whether the antibody recognises a specific peptide (part of the protein) or the full-length
  4. Cross-reactive (with)
  5. Not cross-reactive (with)

Regarding experiment paraffin is generally the most challenging technique for an antibody, so it should come last after cryo.

Unique antibody target

Jakob: We need to make sure that antibody descriptions contain a unique target. Tubulin for example could be one of many protein - tubulin alpha, beta, gamma,.. The UniProt ID is unique but not human readable. Standardised gene names with species would be another way. This coudl be TBG1_HUMAN in our example. Maybe we could do some content verification in the background using either NCBI (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=protein&term=P23258) or UniProt (protein pages contain code like this: P23258|TBG1_HUMAN Tubulin gamma-1 chain OS=Homo sapiens GN=TUBG1").

Uniprot links

Jakob: Is it possible to generate a link from the UniProt ID similar to PMID 1234567? Something like Uniprot P23258. As far as I understand UniProt currently has the following URL structure: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P23258

  • Bill Flanagan (OpenWetWare.org at MIT) 09:55, 22 June 2009 (EDT)Done. Added uniprotid field
      • 15:13, 22 June 2009 (EDT)I've clearly mislabeled this. We should find a way to make display conditional on setting the target as a protein.
      • I'm not currently testing for a valid link but it may be useful: don't include it if it will throw an error. Good idea for a simple extension to only allow a link if it works. Later.
        • Jakob Great. Although a majority of antibodies is against proteins, this field will not be necessary for some antibodies. A link check would be great.

Provider field

Jakob: I'm wondering whether antibody provider should be an infobox field. Nowadays, most antibody are purchased from companies instead of generated in the lab. In other words, most antibodies will have 1+ commercial provider that could be linked to here or in the main page.

  • Bill Flanagan (OpenWetWare.org at MIT) 09:55, 22 June 2009 (EDT)Done. Added provider and link to example
    • Should we make this always generate link to oww page?
    • Do not want people putting url's here.
    • make oww provider page instead. Link can go there.
      • Bill Flanagan (OpenWetWare.org at MIT) 15:13, 22 June 2009 (EDT)This is how it now is implemented. Put in the name of the provider. The info is formatted as an OWW link. Points to Provider:Antibody/Provider-Name where Provider-Name is the provider entered
        • Jakob: We need a direct link to the antibody page of the provider somewhere - if not in the infobox, then in the main page. A link to an OWW page describing the provider is not really necessary. You want to avoid direct links because..? Since there may be multiple provider that need explaining, we may want to move this section into the main body altogether, even have a default section for provider description/discussion integrated into the automatic antibody page creation utility.


Past changes

Subdividing infobox parameters

Jakob: Logically, the bottom 5 are separate from the top half - experiments vs. antibody properties. It would be great if this were highlighted graphically, e.g. by drawing an additional box around the top and bottom halves. The bottom half could have the heading: "Suitability for.." or sth similar.

Antibody type

  • Jakob: we can either use description to contain source organisms and antibody type (e.g. mouse monoclonal IgG); antibody type would be more descriptive than description
OR
  • split it into 2 fields:
  • clonality: monoclonal or polyclonal (currently only antibodies raised in mice can be monoclonal, although that might change as technology advances)
  • raised in species: mouse, rat, guinea pig, rabbit, goat, chicken,..

Greek letters

Jakob The Greek letter looks strange in this font.

Bill Flanagan (OpenWetWare.org at MIT) (ΑαΒβΓγΔδΕεΖζΗηΘθΙιΚκΛλΜμΝνΞξΟοΠπΡρΣσςΤτΥυΦφΧχΨψΩω ) (ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρςστυφχψωϑϒϖ)

  • Bill Flanagan (OpenWetWare.org at MIT) 09:55, 22 June 2009 (EDT)We need a better one then. Both should look at alternatives
    • Bill Flanagan (OpenWetWare.org at MIT) 17:23, 22 June 2009 (EDT)Use the buttons at the bottom of the editor bar to use the characters here rather than the html equivalents starting with an ampersand and ending with a semicolon
      • No difference. (both types shown above)
        • Jakob Minor issue; we can just leave it the way it is for the moment

Header

Jakob - I would favour anti Tubulin instead of the current Name: Tubulin. It's a frequent short hand for antibody against tubulin.

Parameters

  • Jakob - target: e.g. standard protein name, possibly link to UniProt or NCBI protein
    • OK
      • Jakob: put in an example target protein; abbreviation in target field, full name in box header
  • Jakob - raised against: full-length protein, peptide
  • Jakob - cross-reactive against: mouse, rat, human,.. (this will always be the species it was raised against, here human and may be more species)

For documentation

Usability for experiments

Types of experiments:

  • Protein blot (Western)
  • Immunoprecipitation (IP)
  • Staining fixed cells (ICC)
  • Staining paraffin sections (IHC-paraffin)
  • Staining cryo-sections (IHC-cryo)

Usability evaluation:

  • worked
  • uncertain
  • failed
  • untested


Description in main page

  • antibody created by..

Experimental evidence for infobox claims

Images

Description, conclusions..

Providers

  • company A with link & possible price
  • company B with link

Related Antibodies

List all related antibodies here.

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