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Proteomics retrenches

Improvements in technology are making proteomics research less descriptive and more analytic, but the field has yet to deliver on its aspirations.

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Figure 1: The dynamic range of plasma proteins.
Figure 2: Missing the mark.
Figure 3: The relationship between tandem MS (MS/MS) and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM).

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Mitchell, P. Proteomics retrenches. Nat Biotechnol 28, 665–670 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0710-665

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