Quantitative strategies to fuel the merger of discovery and hypothesis-driven shotgun proteomics
Author(s) -
Kelli G. Kline,
Gregory L. Finney,
C. C. Wu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
briefings in functional genomics and proteomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1477-4062
pISSN - 1473-9550
DOI - 10.1093/bfgp/elp008
Subject(s) - computational biology , biology , proteomics , shotgun proteomics , shotgun , pipeline (software) , biomarker discovery , bioinformatics , computer science , genetics , gene , programming language
The ultimate goal of most shotgun proteomic pipelines is the discovery of novel biomarkers to direct the development of quantitative diagnostics for the detection and treatment of disease. Differential comparisons of biological samples identify candidate peptides that can serve as proxys of candidate proteins. While these discovery approaches are robust and fairly comprehensive, they have relatively low throughput. When merged with targeted mass spectrometry, this pipeline can fuel hypothesis-driven studies and the development of novel diagnostics and therapeutics.
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