Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics Advance Access originally published online on November 22, 2006
Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics 2006 5(4):249-260; doi:10.1093/bfgp/ell034
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HPLC techniques for proteomics analysisa short overview of latest developments

Corresponding author. Goran Mitulovi
, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr. Bohrgasse 7, A-1030 Wien, Austria. E-mail: mitulovic{at}imp.univie.ac.atDue to the complex nature of the proteome, instrumentation and methods development for sample cleanup, fractionation, preconcentration, chromatographic separation and detection becomes urgent for the identification of peptides and proteins. Newly developed techniques and equipment for separation and detection, such as nano-HPLC and multidimensional HPLC for protein and peptide separation, enabled proteomics to experience dynamic growth during the past few years. In any proteomic analysis the most important and sometimes most difficult task is the separation of the complex mixture of proteins or peptides. This review describes some aspects and limitations of HPLC, both multidimensional and one-dimensional, in proteomics research without attempting to discuss all available HPLC methods, which would need far more space than available here.
Keywords: proteomics, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, multidimensional separation, post-translational modifications