Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 20, 2018, 8:17 p.m.
...plasmids.
All plasmids at Addgene have unique ID numbers associated with them, which serve as unique PIDs... contain the Addgene ID # and the information necessary to indicate that this ID is managed by Addgene... to wasted time or retractions.
Using a catalog number for identifying a reagent can be helpful, but it...online. Furthermore, if the link between the catalog number and reagent description is lost (e.g. a supplier...supplier is bought out by another company and catalog number changes) the original identifier loses its meaning... PIDs within the Addgene catalog. These IDs allow you to unmistakably identify a plasmid available through...about each plasmid item. Given a specific Addgene ID # listed in a publication, you can quickly pull up...