Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids
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... contain the Addgene ID # and the information necessary to indicate that this ID is managed by Addgene...including plasmids.
All plasmids at Addgene have unique ID numbers associated with them, which serve as unique...unique PIDs within the Addgene catalog. These IDs allow you to unmistakably identify a plasmid available...about each plasmid item. Given a specific Addgene ID # listed in a publication, you can quickly pull up...the “Articles Citing this Plasmid” section. Having IDs linked to these metadata and publications help to.... Additionally, proper citation of these Addgene IDs in published work allows readers to quickly track...look at lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast, which has the Addgene ID #87155.
The resolvable compact identifier format ...