title: Rabbit muscle proteomics: a great leap forward.
abstract: The rabbit is an important species as both a production animal and as a model organism in physiology, pharmaceutical, and numerous other studies. Similar to other species, the rabbit skeletal muscle proteome has been characterized, first using 2DE mapping and more recently using high-throughput shotgun proteomics. This article is a commentary on "Shotgun proteomics analysis of the sarcoplasmic reticulum preparations from rabbit skeletal muscle" (Z. Liu et al., Proteomics, 2013, 13, 2335-2338). Herein, we present the reasons why the manuscript is of high relevance to three major fields: farm animal, rabbit, and muscle/meat proteomics.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisbon, Portugal. aalmeida@fmv.utl.pt
authors.forename: André Martinho
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry*; D010449:Peptide Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis*; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins; D020543:Proteome
keywords: Animal proteomics; Muscle proteome; Physiology; Rabbit; Sarcoplasmic reticulum