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 ## Project description
 
-Wild type and lpa2 mutant Chlamydomonas reinhardtii were grown mixotrophically at 30 uE light intensity. Proteins were extracted and BN-PAGE lanes of three biological replicates each were cut into 36 slices and subsequently analysed in a mass spectrometer.
+Wild type and lpa2 mutant Chlamydomonas reinhardtii were grown mixotrophically at 30 uE light intensity. Proteins were extracted and BN-PAGE lanes of three biological replicates each were cut into 36 slices and subsequently analysed by mass spectrometry.
 
 
 <img src="https://git.nfdi4plants.org/venn/LPA2_ComplexomeProfiling_Chlamy/-/raw/main/assays/GelBasedProteomics/dataset/raw/GelPicture.png" alt="GelPicture" width="60%"/>