Hello all,
Is there a resource that details what journals or funding agencies require for
publishing data that utilizes cDNA clones? I've done a brief search of various
journal's instructions for authors and came up empty.
I am surprised that I haven't easily found at least minimal requirements to
submit as supplementary or to make available upon request, the data that proves
that the cDNA used in the experiments has the correct/desired nucleotide
sequence.
Given the fundamental role of the cDNA cloned into expression vectors have in
so many experimental approaches which are used to determine the function of
gene products in biological processes, I would think that it should be an
explicit requirement to provide this basic evidence - that what you are
transfecting into cells is what you say it is.
Thanks in advance for any input,