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The Basics
Quick Start Guide: Antibody Selection Tool
Quick Start Guide: Reagent Selection Tool
What search terms can I use into the search bar?
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What is the difference between typing specs into the search bar vs. using the side filters
Excluding search criteria from your search
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How do you account for aliases for genes and targets?
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How do I find data on a specific product?
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Searching across multiple reagent types
Can I access figures from closed-access journals?
How comprehensive is BenchSci's database?
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Saving and Sharing
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Data and Feature Updates
How often are data in our database updated?
AI-Assisted Antibody Selection
Quick Start Guide: Antibody Selection Tool
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Guide to Filters for Antibodies
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FAQs
Search logic on the AI-Assisted Antibody Selection application
Are therapeutic or in-house antibodies, or patents in the database?
Searching for an antibody to use in multiple different applications
Can I search for multiple antibody targets? (aka batch searching)
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Targeting specific protein domains with antibodies
Explaining predicted cross-reactivity
Finding verified antibodies
Neutralizing and activating antibodies
Finding antibodies that bind non-proteins
Finding clone ID information
Can I compare multiple CloneIDs?
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What is the difference between Organism Tested, Host, and Reactivity filters and the species attached to your target in the search bar?
Finding antibodies with a known immunogen sequence
How does "immunostaining" differ from IHC, IF, Flow cytometry, etc.
What are "Additional Specs"?
Searching for antibody isotypes
Targeting post-translationally modified proteins with antibodies
How do I search for histones and their post-translational modifications?
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Do you have data from in-cell westerns?
Finding mass cytometry (CyTOF) data
AI-Assisted Reagent Selection
Antibodies
Quick Start Guide: Reagent Selection Tool
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Guide to Filters for Antibodies
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FAQs
Search logic for searching antibody data
Are therapeutic or in-house antibodies, or patents in the database?
Searching for an antibody to use in multiple different applications
Can I search for multiple antibody targets? (aka batch searching)
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Targeting specific protein domains with antibodies
Explaining predicted cross-reactivity
Finding verified antibodies
Neutralizing and activating antibodies
Finding antibodies that bind non-proteins
Finding clone ID information
Can I compare multiple CloneIDs?
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What is the difference between Organism Tested, Host, and Reactivity filters and the species attached to your target in the search bar?
Finding antibodies with a known immunogen sequence
How does "immunostaining" differ from IHC, IF, Flow cytometry, etc.
What are "Additional Specs"?
Searching for antibody isotypes
Targeting post-translationally modified proteins with antibodies
How do I search for histones and their post-translational modifications?
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Do you have data from in-cell westerns?
Finding mass cytometry (CyTOF) data
Proteins
Quick Start Guide: Reagent Selection Tool
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Guide to Filters for Protein Reagents
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FAQs
How proteins are subcategorized
Proteins belonging to multiple categories
Finding an antigen to use for producing an antibody
Locating sequence information for protein reagents
Searching for carrier-free proteins
How do the PTM and Modification filters differ?
Linking to MSDS and vendor datasheets
Finding plasmids that express recombinant proteins
Finding chimeric and fusion proteins
What if I'm only looking for a specific domain of my protein?
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Cell Products
Quick Start Guide: Reagent Selection Tool
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Guide to Filters for Cell Products
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FAQs
How are cell products categorized?
What is considered a stem cell vs primary cell vs cell line?
Why are different specs shown for different products?
Simplify your search by collapsing your cell search results by cell line name
Finding cells with specific gene expression
Finding mycoplasma-free cells
Finding cell product datasheets
Sourcing cell product expression information
Identifying misidentified/contaminated cell lines (ICLAC)
Are there prokaryotic cell lysates?
CRISPR
Quick Start Guide: Reagent Selection Tool
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Guide to Filters for CRISPR Reagents
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FAQs
Example CRISPR search strategy
Filtering for different Cas nucleases and PAM sequences
Finding CRISPR sequence data in your search
Choosing a CRISPR experiment
Differentiating between crRNA and sgRNA
Finding a Cas Nuclease and gRNA in the same search
Can I find information about off-target effects?
Targeting a specific sequence or exon
What’s the difference between Cas Type and Cas Compatibility?
Do CRISPR sequences include PAM sequences?
Finding compatible cell lines with Cas nucleases and gRNA
Excluding selectable markers or reporters from your results
RNAi
Quick Start Guide: Reagent Selection Tool
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Guide to Filters for RNAi Products
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FAQs
RNAi search strategy: search by target
Types of RNAi data within figure results
Are pooled siRNA products represented?
Using sequence information to find RNAi products
Finding RNAi controls
Finding RNAi products with known sequences
Learning more about RNAi sequences
Finding RNAi products by catalog # or siRNA ID
Purchasing RNAi in various formats: particles, plasmids, and viruses
Sorting RNAi info by accession ID
Labeling RNAi sequence directionality
MicroRNA mimics and inhibitors
Finding RNAi products with modifications to improve outcomes
Products to knock down lncRNA using siRNAi
What about guide strands?
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