New perspectives in biomolecular paleopathology of ancient tuberculosis: A proteomic approach

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 197-201

  Boros Major, Anita ^a   Bona, Agnes ^a   Lovasz, Gabriella ^b   Molnar, Erika ^b   Marcsik, Antonia ^b   Palfi, Gyorgy ^b   Mark, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biomarker discovery; Biomolecular archaeology; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Paleopathology; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOGEN; PATHOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; PROTEOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78049319055     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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