Proteomic analysis of a pleistocene mammoth femur reveals more than one hundred ancient bone proteins

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 917-926

  Cappellini, Enrico ^a   Jensen, Lars J ^b   Szklarczyk, Damian ^b   Ginolhac, Aurélien ^a   Da Fonseca, Rute A R ^a   Stafford, Thomas W ^a,c   Holen, Steven R ^d   Collins, Matthew J ^e   Orlando, Ludovic ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Olsen, Jesper V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c Stafford Research Inc   (United States)

^d DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ancient proteins; extinct species proteomics; mammoth; Orbitrap Velos; protein damage

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELEPHANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMUR; HYDROLYSIS; MAMMOTH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ELEPHANTS; FEMUR; FOSSILS; MAMMOTHS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SIBERIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMUTHUS COLUMBI; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 84856667924     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr200721u     Document Type: Article

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