Peptidomics (eBook)

Mikhail Soloviev is a Senior Lecturer in Biological Chemistry at theRoyal Holloway University of London and serves as the Editor-in-Chiefof the Journal of Nanobiotechnology. CHRIS SHAW is a Professor in DrugDiscovery in the School of Pharmacy at Queen's University in Belfast.PER ANDRéN is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences at Uppsala University in Sweden.

SECTION 1: STUDIES OF NATURALLY OCCURRING PEPTIDES.

Chapter 1: Analysis of the peptidomes of amphibian skin granular
gland secretions - an integrated functional genomic strategy (Chris
Shaw, and Tianbao Chen).

Chapter 2: A short history of insect (neuro)peptidomics - A
personal story of the birth and youth of an excellent model for
studying peptidome biology (Peter D.E.M. Verhaert, Martijn W.H.
Pinkse, Maria C. Prieto-Conaway, and Markus Kellmann).

Chapter 3: Peptidomics of short linear cytolytic peptides from
spider venom (Sergey A. Kozlov, Alexander A. Vassilevski, and
Eugene V. Grishin).

Chapter 4: Molecular cloning approaches to peptidomics: the
identification of novel cDNAs encoding neurotoxin-like peptide
pools (Zhensheng Pan, Richard Barry, and Mikhail Soloviev).

Chapter 5: Wheat antimicrobial peptides (Tatyana I. Odintsova,
and Tsezi A. Egorov).

Chapter 6: Immunopeptidomics: Applications to dissect immune
responses through proteomic-based approaches (Ernesto Oviedo-Orta,
and Alexandra Bermudez-Fajardo).

Chapter 7: Strategies for reliable and improved identification
of peptides (Karl Skuld, Maria Folth, Marcus Svensson, Anna
Nilsson, Per Svenningsson, and Per E. Andrun).

SECTION 2: PEPTIDOMICS METHODS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

Chapter 8: Peptidomics approach to proteomics (Petra Zarbig, and
Harald Mischak).

Chapter 9: The importance of sample handling in neuropeptidomics
(Karl Skuld, Marcus Svensson, Anna Nilsson, Maria Folth, Per
Svenningsson, and Per E. Andrun).

Chapter 10: Affinity peptidomics and protein microarrays:
application to forensics and biometrics (Julian Bailes, and Mikhail
Soloviev).

Chapter 11: Selective depletion and enrichment methods for the
analysis of protein and peptide pools (Paul Finch, and Mikhail
Soloviev).

Chapter 12: Detection of target peptides in foods and feeds by
mass spectrometry (Mireia Fernandez Ocaca).

Chapter 13: Quantification of Polypeptides by Mass Spectrometry
(Pedro R. Cutillas).

SECTION 3: PEPTIDOMICS APPROACH TO BIOMARKER
DISCOVERY.

Chapter 14: Biomarker discovery (Petra Zarbig, and Harald
Mischak).

Chapter 15: Can peptidomics provide a useful approach for the
identification of biomarkers of toxicological exposure or effect
(Helen Griffiths)?

Chapter 16: Peptidomics in Neuroendocrine research: a
Caenorhabditis elegans and Mus musculus study (Kurt Boonen, Steven
J. Husson, Geert Baggerman, Anja Cerstiaens, Walter Luyten, and
Liliane Schoofs).

CONCLUSION.

Chapter 17: Peptidomics and Biology: two scientific disciplines
driving each other (Chris Shaw, and Peter D.E.M. Verhaert).

"This volume provides an ample and up-to-date view about this maturing field..." (Quarterly Review of Biology, December 2008)