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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Appl Stat. 2010;4(4):1797–1823. doi: 10.1214/10-AOAS341

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Sample preparation. Complex biological samples are first processed to extract proteins. Proteins are typically fractionated to eliminate high-abundance proteins or other proteins that are not of interest. The remaining proteins are then digested into peptides, which are commonly introduced to a liquid chromatography column for separation. Upon eluting from the LC column, peptides are ionized.