Sigma-Aldrich has added more than 2,300 antibodies to its Prestige Antibodies powered by Atlas Antibodies product line, bringing the total number of validated antibodies to more than 6,100.
Developed by the Human Proteome Resource, these antibodies are available to customers immediately through an exclusive partnership between Sigma-Aldrich and Atlas Antibodies.
Prestige Antibodies can provide time and cost savings for researchers because they are optimised on a single protocol, resulting in efficient and effective applications.
This addition to the Prestige Antibodies product line is a step toward the Human Proteome Resource's goal to develop at least one antibody to all 22,000 non-redundant human proteins by 2015.
Prestige Antibodies are supported by the publicly available data of the Human Protein Atlas (HPA), part of HUPO's Human Antibody Initiative.
Multiple quality assurance testing steps ensure that Prestige Antibodies are highly specific to their targets.
Each Prestige Antibody is also associated with more than 500 tissue immunohistochemistry (IHC) images, more than 100 cell/line immunocytochemistry (ICC) images, immunofluorescence (IF) and Western blotting (WB) data, all publicly accessible via the Human Protein Atlas.
In August 2008, Sigma-Aldrich added more than 2,000 Prestige Antibodies to the existing antibody product line.
The rapid expansion of the Sigma-Aldrich Prestige Antibodies is designed to provide an increasing number of scientists the ability to save resources and facilitate high-throughput applications in proteomics and cell biology research.
Prestige Antibodies can be found listed on the Sigma website, where customers can search for antibodies via specific gene name and ID, or by selecting individual chromosomes.
Prestige Antibodies are also included in Sigma-Aldrich's Your Favorite Gene powered by Ingenuity, a web-based biological search portal for exploring dynamic gene-based content.
