A suite of tools to analyse and publish 2‐DE data

Bioinformatics tools may assist scientists in all steps of a typical 2‐DE gel analysis workflow, that is, from the description of the sample preparation protocols, going through the gel image analysis and protein identification, to the publication of Internet‐ready 2‐DE gel databases. This short communication highlights in a single and summarised view, this workflow and the current bioinformatics solutions developed by the Proteome Informatics Group at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

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