Recent advances in techniques and instrumentation now allow many researchers to acquire large proteomics data sets. Such data sets require more rigorous analysis than was required when single proteins were identified from purified or partially purified samples. This chapter discusses the types of software programs used to analyze these data sets. A detailed examination of the open software program X!-Tandem is used to illustrate how such programs are used to generate reliable protein identifications from mass spectra.
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Wilkerson, C.G. (2007). An Introduction to Proteomics Data Analysis. In: Šamaj, J., Thelen, J.J. (eds) Plant Proteomics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72617-3_3
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