Table 13.1.1.

List of Commonly Used Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Definition
dB	Database
2DGE	Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis
CF	Chromatofocusing
DIGE	Differential (fluorescence) gel electrophoresis
ESI	Electrospray ionization
FFE	Free-flow electrophoresis
FTMS	Fourier transform mass spectrometer
HPLC	High-performance liquid chromatography
HT	High throughput
ICAT	Isotope-coded affinity tag
IEF	Isoelectric focusing
IMAC	Immobilized metal-affinity chromatography
IT	Ion trap
iTRAQ	Applied Biosystems trademark name for multiplexed isobaric tagging technology for relative and absolute quantitation
LC	Liquid chromatography
LIMS	Laboratory Information Management Systems
MALDI	Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
MS	Mass spectrometry
MS/MS	Tandem mass spectrometry
MudPIT	Multidimensional protein identification technology
NPS	Nonporous silica
PhIAT	Phosphoprotein isotope-coded affinity tag
PMF	Peptide mass fingerprint
PPV	Positive predictive value
PTM	Post-translational modifications
Q and S	Preparative anion (Q) and (S) cation exchange protein chromatography
QTOF	Quadrupole time-of-flight
RP	Reversed-phase
SBEAMS	Systems Biology Experiment Analysis System
SCX	Strong cation-exchange chromatography
SDS-PAGE	Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
SEC	Size-exclusion chromatography
SELDI	Surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization
SILAC	Stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture
SPDBC	Simultaneous Peak Detection and Baseline Correction
SPF	Simple peak finding
TOF	Time-of-flight
YPED	Yale Protein Expression Database