Will amber inclusions provide the first glimpse of a Mesozoic proteome?

Expert Review of Proteomics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Smejkal, Gary B ^a   Poinar Jr , George O ^b   Righetti, Pier Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; PROTEOME;

ANTARCTICA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DINOSAUR; DNA ISOLATION; EDITORIAL; FOSSIL; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMBER; ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; DNA; FLOWERS; FOSSILS; INSECTS; PROTEOME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60549117333     PISSN: 14789450     EISSN: 17448387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14789450.6.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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