Univ. of Arizona, Tucson. Pocket-sized introduction to new proteomic technologies and data mining tools. Includes generic examples illustrating important proteomics applications and compares the advantages and disadvantages of different proteomic tools and approaches. Hardcover, softcover also available.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Very readable introduction to Proteomics:
This very readable book provides an excellent overview of proteomics. It gives a survey of techniques, comparing them and explaining why and when they are used. This is not the place to learn any method in detail. But it is the only book I have seen that you can read cover to cover in a few days and get the big picture of the field. Some caveats: each chapter has only 3 or 4 references, and the book focuses on methods connected to mass spectrometry. But if you want a quick and pleasant introduction to... more info
Good information, poor organization:
There really are lots of good facts in this book. Somehow, though, they never come together to form a coherent whole.
Most chapters read like essays, meant to stand on their own. That means that many chapters repeat introductory material already covered, and remake points already made. Yes, I appreciate that silver staining does not properly represent the whole range of protein expression levels. I do not appreciate the need to stat that three or four times.
Despite its "Introduction" title, the author... more info
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