Proteomics in South Africa: Current status, challenges and prospects

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1368-1374

  Ndimba, Bongani K ^a   Thomas, Ludivine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomarker identification; Gel based; Proteomics; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER IDENTIFICATION; CURRENT STATUS; DISEASE BIOMARKERS; DRUG DESIGNS; EXTRACELLULAR; MRNA EXPRESSIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; PROTEOMICS; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS; RESEARCH AREAS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUB-CELLULAR; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; GELATION; GELS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; DRUG DESIGN; EUROPE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; SALT TOLERANCE; SORGHUM; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 62549155303     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200800236     Document Type: Review

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