The table is organized as a spreadsheet with column headings at the top. Each row corresponds to a gel image with the fields in the row describing the gel. The fields are defined in the Glossary of fields.
Hint: because the table is very wide, you might want to increase the width of your browser (it looks best with Netscape). Note also that the Miscellaneous column has information in a smaller font. This is hard to read with 72 dots-per-inch displays, but when printed on a 300DPI or better printer it is quite readable.
Each table entry is defined with a database name in the Image URL (eg. a plasma gel image), DB URL which indicates where the image came from in the web server (eg. the page describing the plasma gel), a link to the related web organization server, (eg. "ExPASy") where more information might be found on the sample, the methods, etc. In addition, some of the servers have spot maps identifying the proteins in these gel images, so the Map URL is also put into a table entry if it exists. Otherwise, it is defined to be a raw gel image. These may be passive or active, with the latter leading back into protein identification databases residing on these other servers. While most gel images have pI oriented acid to basic, some gels are reversed. We indicate this where possible by specifying the pIe range as increasing (acid to basic, eg. 4-8) or decreasing (basic to acid, eg. 8-4). Since many of these databases are being improved, you can expect these entries to change with some images being deleted and new ones added or replaced.
You may flicker compare these gels on the web using the NCI Flicker server.
This catalog will be continuously revised and edited. If you have corrections or additions to this table, or know of published 2D Web gels you think should be included, or have other suggestions to make the table easier to use or more relevant, contact Peter Lemkin (Ed), NCI/FCRDC by E-mail at lemkin@ncifcrf.gov. You will notice that some of the fields in the table are empty. In many of the web databases, this information is missing or not apparent. We will be working to resolve as much of this missing data as possible.