Quantitative metaproteomics of medieval dental calculus reveals individual oral health status

Mineralized plaque, or dental calculus, is a valuable reservoir of the ancient oral microbiome. Here, the authors use quantitative metaproteomics to analyze the dental calculus of 21 individuals from a medieval cemetery, identifying human and microbial proteins that shed light on their oral health s...

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Main Authors: Rosa R. Jersie-Christensen, Liam T. Lanigan, David Lyon, Meaghan Mackie, Daniel Belstrøm, Christian D. Kelstrup, Anna K. Fotakis, Eske Willerslev, Niels Lynnerup, Lars J. Jensen, Enrico Cappellini, Jesper V. Olsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07148-3