After identifying spots corresponding to differentially abundant
proteins by 2-D DIGE, the spots were removed from the
gels (additional gels stained with Coomassie were obtained for
this purpose), digested with trypsin, and analysed by nESIQTOF-
MS/MS. The identified protein species and their relation to
the NTxT condition are shown in Table 2, and the score values
for all identified protein species were statistically significant
(p < 0.05). Of the 47 differential spots identified, 26 (ca. 55%) had
high scores and high coverage, indicating that there was good
efficiency achieved in this identification process.