| 2DE | two-dimensional electrophoresis |
| ESI LC-MS/MS | liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–tandem mass spectrometry |
| DTT | dithiothreitol |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| PTM | post-translational modification |
| emPAI | exponential modified form of protein abundance index |
| SIB | Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics |