SEQUENCING genomes may be all the rage, but the real prize is the proteome,
all the proteins in a particular plant or animal. It’s the proteins that do all
the vital work in any organism. Now European and Canadian researchers have
developed a computer program that will let researchers get their hands on the
proteome even if the organism’s genome hasn’t been sequenced.
“It’s a really insightful piece of work. It opens up proteomics to any
organism that people want to study,” says Timothy Veenstra, a proteomics
researcher at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland,
Washington.
To identify a…
