Key resources table

Please enter your email address below to access the form and complete the key resources table (KRT) for the STAR Methods section of your paper. While completing the form, you may save your work at any time. Clicking “Save” at the bottom of the form generates a submission ID, which is sent with a shareable link to the email address entered below. This ID and link can be used by you or your co-authors to access and complete the in-progress form. After clicking "Submit," you will have the opportunity to download and edit the KRT as a Word document, and a copy will also be emailed to you. Please submit the KRT along with your manuscript files. If you prefer to create the KRT manually using a Word template, please download the template here. Note that the table template includes examples for both the life and physical sciences.

The KRT highlights the reagents, genetically modified organisms and strains, cell lines, software, instrumentation, and source data essential to reproduce results presented in the manuscript. Depending on the nature of the study, this may include standard laboratory materials (i.e., food chow for metabolism studies, support material for catalysis studies), but the KRT is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all materials and resources used (e.g., essential chemicals such as standard solvents, SDS, sucrose, or standard culture media do not need to be listed in the KRT).

Before completing the form, please review these guidelines.

General

• Items in the KRT must also be reported in the method details section of the STAR Methods text.

• Please note that ALL references cited in the KRT must be included in the manuscript's main references list and should be in numbered style rather than Harvard style. Citations should be formatted as “Author name et al.^#” (e.g., Smith et al.¹).

• Sample tables are included in the Word template and show how to format various information.

• Any item that does not fit the existing subheadings should be added to the “other” section. Please do not add your own subheadings.

Reagent or resource

• Provide the full descriptive names of items so that they can be identified and linked with their description in the manuscript (e.g., provide version number for software, host source for antibody, strain name, etc.).

Source

• Report the company, manufacturer, or individual that provided the item or where the item can be obtained (e.g., stock center or repository).

• For materials distributed by Addgene, please cite the article describing the plasmid and include "Addgene" as part of the identifier.

• If an item is from another lab, please include the name of the principal investigator and a citation if it has been previously published.

• If the material is being reported for the first time in the current paper, please indicate as "this paper."

Identifier

• Include catalog numbers (entered in the column as "Cat#" followed by the number, e.g., Cat#3879S).

• Where available, please include unique entities such as RRIDs, Model Organism Database numbers, accession numbers, and PDB, CAS, or CCDC IDs. For software or data resources, please include the URL where the resource can be downloaded. For more information about data sharing policies and a list of recommended data repositories for abbreviations, please see the Cell Press Author’s guide to data sharing.

  • A note about RRIDs: Elsevier highly recommends using RRIDs as the identifier (in particular for antibodies and organisms but also for software tools and databases). For more details on how to obtain or generate an RRID for existing or newly generated resources, please visit the RII or search for RRIDs.

• When listing more than one identifier for the same item, use semicolons to separate them (e.g., Cat#3879S; RRID: AB_2255011).

• If an identifier is not available, please enter "N/A" in the column.

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