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Nature Reviews Genetics 9, 418 (1 June 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrg2391

Genomics: Annotating with proteomes

Patrick Goymer

The more genome sequences we have, the greater the need for accurate and efficient annotation. Proteomics offers a way of doing this that guarantees accuracy — if a protein is detected, then there must be a gene that encodes it.