Review of a current role of mass spectrometry for proteome research

This review is intended to give readers a snapshot of current mass spectrometry for proteornics research. It covers a brief history of mass spectrometry proteomic research, peptidomics and proteomics for biomarker search, quantitative proteomics, proteornics with post-translational modification and future perspective of proteomics. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.