title: Ongoing development of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis data standards.
abstract: We present an approach toward standardizing two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE) data in support of developing a globally relevant proteomics consensus in order to provide more efficient database querying and data comparisons through the establishment of the necessary definitions and interdisciplinary reference fields for both the 2-D PAGE community, particularly in the proteomics area, and the clinical and experimental biological research communities, in general. This article covers the need for unifying the 2-D PAGE data through a common data repository, and its usefulness in data standards and data interoperability.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. vravi@nist.gov
authors.forename: Veerasamy
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ravichandran
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lubell
authors.forename: Gregory B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Vásquez
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lemkin
authors.forename: Ram D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sriram
authors.forename: Gary L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gilliland
mesh_terms: D030562:Databases, Protein; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011506:Proteins / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012015:Reference Standards
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins