11 - Proteomic Database Search and Analytical Quantification for Mass Spectrometry

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Abstract

Technological development and the ever-increasing complexity of proteomic profiling studies requires automated tools for tandem mass spectra interpretation. The analysis of various methods used for accurate and sensitive quantitation adds another layer of complexity. Therefore, investigators need a more in-depth understanding of database searches and the calculation of statistical significance in order to find a proper bioinformatics approach for their study. In this chapter, we review tools and procedures that have been developed in two decades of collective experience in the proteomics field. However, the field is still in dynamic expansion thus intention of this chapter is to provide readers with background for reading about the newest tools and approaches developed for database searches.

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