title: The curation guidelines of the immune epitope database and analysis resource.
abstract: The IEDB houses antibody and T cell epitope data and makes them accessible and searchable. The curation of literature references requires explicit guidelines in order to capture the data in an objective and consistent manner. Description of these guidelines ensures transparency of the database and facilitates direct submissions to the database.
authors.affiliation: La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Division of Vaccine Discovery, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. rvita@liai.org
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vita
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sette
mesh_terms: D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D030562:Databases, Protein; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D000939:Epitopes; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens