"This book gears to the rising need of sensitive, accurate, and fast separation and identification technique in proteomics. It discusses current methodologies of modern protein analysis, from isolation and sample preparation, over analysis and identification, to final characterization. Several evaluations concentrate on the now productive approaches to two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, but alternative methods and further perspectives are also outlined. The book includes an overlook over current databases to connect protein analysis data with all available information, in promoting our understanding of gene products and their functional roles. In short, the field of proteomics in functional genomics."--Jacket.