Extraction and sequencing of human and Neanderthal mature enamel proteins using MALDI-TOF/TOF MS

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1758-1763

  Nielsen Marsh, Christina M ^a   Stegemann, Christin ^b   Hoffmann, Ralf ^b   Smith, Tanya ^a,c   Feeney, Robin ^a   Toussaint, Michel ^d   Harvati, Katerina ^a   Panagopoulou, Eleni ^e   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a   Richards, Michael P ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ministere de la region Wallone   (Belgium)

^e Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enamel; MALDI TOF TOF; Neanderthal; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL; EXTRACTION METHOD; HOMINID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEANDERTHAL; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TOOTH;

EID: 67349164796     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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