Species identification of archaeological skin objects from danish bogs: Comparison between mass spectrometry-based peptide sequencing and microscopy-based methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Brandt, Luise Ørsted ^a   Schmidt, Anne Lisbeth ^b   Mannering, Ulla ^a,b   Sarret, Mathilde ^c   Kelstrup, Christian D ^d   Olsen, Jesper V ^d   Cappellini, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HEMOGLOBIN F; KERATIN; PEPTIDE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; GOAT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PEATLAND; PROTEOMICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SKIN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; DENMARK; GEOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY; PEPTIDES; SKIN;

EID: 84907908427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106875     Document Type: Article

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