Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis in the light of new developments

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 167-177

  Pomastowski, P ^a   Buszewski, B ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

2 DE; Bioinformatics; Expression proteomics; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Protein expression; Proteomic analysis; Proteomics; SDS PAGE; Sodium dodecyl sulfate; Two dimensional gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; ELECTROPHORESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

2-DE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; SDS-PAGE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOMATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; EDMAN DEGRADATION; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE MASS FINGERPRINTING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 84888604345     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2013.09.010     Document Type: Review

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