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- Title
CiteAb: a searchable antibody database that ranks antibodies by the number of times they have been cited.
- Authors
Helsby, Matthew A.; Leader, Paul M.; Fenn, Joe R.; Gulsen, Tulay; Bryant, Chris; Doughton, Gail; Sharpe, Ben; Whitley, Paul; Caunt, Christopher J.; James, Katrina; Pope, Adam D.; Kelly, Dave H.; Chalmers, Andrew D.
- Abstract
Background Research antibodies are used by thousands of scientists working in diverse disciplines, but it is common to hear concerns about antibody quality. This means that researchers need to carefully choose the antibodies they use to avoid wasting time and money. A well accepted way of selecting a research antibody is to identify one which has been used previously, where the associated data has been peer-reviewed and the results published. Description CiteAb is a searchable database which ranks antibodies by the number of times they have been cited. This allows researchers to easily find antibodies that have been used in peerreviewed publications and the accompanying citations are listed, so users can check the data contained within the publications. This makes CiteAb a useful resource for identifying antibodies for experiments and also for finding information to demonstrate antibody validation. The database currently contains 1,400,000 antibodies which are from 90 suppliers, including 87 commercial companies and 3 academic resources. Associated with these antibodies are 140,000 publications which provide 306,000 antibody citations. In addition to searching, users can also browse through the antibodies and add their own publications to the CiteAb database. Conclusion CiteAb provides a new way for researchers to find research antibodies that have been used successfully in peer-reviewed publications. It aims to assist these researchers and will hopefully help promote progress in many areas of life science research.
- Subjects
MONOCLONAL antibodies; WESTERN immunoblotting; FLOW cytometry; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY
- Publication
BMC Cell Biology, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 1, p2
- ISSN
1471-2121
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2121-15-6