Difference between revisions of "Help:BioBrick Part Names"

Revision as of 15:26, 22 July 2014

NOTE: Much of the information below is deprecated. Registry groups (iGEM Teams and Labs) are given a part range from which they can select a part name when adding a new part.

BBa = BioBrick [version] 'alpha'

Part Types

, BBa_B... = Generic basic parts such as Terminators, DNA, and Ribosome Binding Site BBa_C... = Protein coding parts BBa_E... = Reporter parts BBa_F... = Signalling parts BBa_G... = Primer parts BBa_I... = IAP [http://2006.igem.org/Iap_2003 2003], [http://2006.igem.org/Iap_2004 2004] project parts BBa_J... = [http://parts.mit.edu/wiki iGEM] project parts BBa_M... = Tag parts BBa_P... = Protein Generator parts BBa_Q... = Inverter parts BBa_R... = Regulatory parts BBa_S... = Intermediate parts BBa_V... = Cell strain parts

Plasmids

Plasmids have their own nomenclature

Naming your bricks

When you are adding a Biobrick to the Registry, you will need to do the following:

Choosing a part name. Currently, most Registry users belong to a Group of some type, eg. Guests, or one of the iGEM teams. The Registry accession numbers are assigned in blocks to these groups. For example, the iGEM Toronto team (see below) has been assigned block BBa_J11000 to BBa_J11999. The first step to creating a new part is knowing what you are going to name it, since this will categorize the part into one of the group bins. The Registry shows the next available part name, although any part name in range is valid. If you want the other members of the group to be able to edit the part, click the checkbox that allows this (optional).

1. Put the part name in the Selected Part Name box.
2. Choose the best Part Type from the pull down menu.

Note: Don't sweat this too much, just choose which category one might best describe your piece, tack on the corresponding naming convention. If you aren't sure what type of part it is, choose "Other". You can always update this later.(see below) and then go ahead and make it!