Non-destructive Palaeoproteomics Of Mummified Human Skin
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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Skin
SUBMITTER: 
Beatrice Demarchi
LAB HEAD: Beatrice Demarchi
PROVIDER: PXD015572 | Pride | 2020-06-10
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Dataset's files
| Action | DRS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVA_BK.raw | Raw | |||
| EVA_BK_peptides.pep.xml | Pepxml | |||
| EVA_C.raw | Raw | |||
| EVA_C_peptides.pep.xml | Pepxml | |||
| EVA_M16747.raw | Raw |
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