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Shotgun Proteomics Sample Processing Automated by an Open-Source Lab Robot
Published on: October 28, 2021
The continuing evolution of shotgun proteomics
Selene K Swanson1, Michael P Washburn
1Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 E. 50th St., Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
Abstract:
Shotgun proteomics has emerged as a powerful approach for the analysis of complex protein mixtures, including biofluids, tissues, cells, organelles or protein complexes. Having evolved from the integration of chromatography and mass spectrometry, innovations in sample preparation, multidimensional chromatography, mass spectrometry and proteomic informatics continually facilitate, enable and challenge shotgun proteomics. As a result, shotgun proteomics continues to evolve and enable new areas of biological research, and is beginning to impact human disease diagnosis and therapeutic intervention.
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