Analyses of soft tissue from Tyrannosaurus rex suggest the presence of protein

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5822, 2007, Pages 277-280

  Schweitzer, Mary Higby ^a,b,c   Suo, Zhiyong ^c   Avci, Recep ^c   Asara, John M ^d,e   Allen, Mark A ^c   Arce, Fernando Teran ^c,f   Horner, John R ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PROTEIN;

BONE; DINOSAUR; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BONE; DEMINERALIZATION; DINOSAUR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE; TYRANNOSAURUS REX;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DINOSAURS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOSSILS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, SECONDARY ION;

DINOSAURIA; TYRANNOSAURUS REX;

EID: 34247323509     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138709     Document Type: Article

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