The Silk Road, Marco Polo, a bible and its proteome: A detective story

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3365-3373

  Toniolo, Lucia ^a   D'Amato, Alfonsina ^a   Saccenti, Riccardo ^b   Gulotta, Davide ^a   Righetti, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose Giovanni XXIII   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bible; Marco Polo; Parchment; Proteomics; Silk Road

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; COLLAGEN FIBER; PROTEOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COW; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIBLE; CATTLE; CHINA; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ITALY; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 84861672252     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.03.051     Document Type: Article

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