Characteristic | Protein Microarrays | Conventional Proteomic Approaches |
---|---|---|
Protein Structure | Can be limited | Present, depending on methods |
Protein Abundance | Not affected | Low abundance proteins lost |
Protein Identification | Not affected | Difficult |
Pathogen Protein Extraction | Not applicable (uses DNA/cDNA) | Difficult |
Protein localisation | Not affected | Membrane proteins difficult to extract and detect |
Technical difficulty | Low | High |