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Table 1 Proteins detected in fresh chicken and quail eggs in comparison to museum stored quail eggs of unknown age.

From: Can museum egg specimens be used for proteomic analyses?

 

Chicken

Fresh Quail

Museum Quail

Protein

Present

No. Pept.

Mascot

% Cov.

Present

No. Pept.

Mascot

% Cov.

Present

No. Pept.

Mascot

% Cov.

Clusterin

✓

7

201

23

✓

5

145

12

✓

1

39

1

Cystatin

✓

5

175

39

✓

5

134

31

✓*

1

40

9

Lysozyme

✓

12

227

80

✓

11

315

75

✓

5

5

34

Osteopontin

✓

1

59

5

✓

2

48

5

✓

2

61

5

Ovalbumin

✓

17

1997

78

✓

17

1053

42

✓

9

378

20

Ovocalyxin-32

✓

3

61

44

✓

2

129

4

✗

-

-

-

Ovocleidin-17

✓

7

434

54

✓

2

82

33

✓*

2

85

11

Ovocleidin-116

✓

24

2017

44

✓

18

1214

42

✓

5

308

12

Ovoinhibitor

✓

3

139

9

✓

3

38

10

✗

-

-

-

Ovomucoid

✓

3

151

25

✓

14

497

88

✓

7

247

38

Ovotransferrin

✓

24

1036

43

✓

2

64

3

✗

-

-

-

  1. A tick mark (✓) denotes presence and a cross (✗) absence. Number of unique peptides is abbreviated to "No. Pept.". Mascot refers to the Mascot score. Further information on peptide sequences is located in Additional File 2. The asterix (*) refers to proteins that were detected only through the urea extraction technique.