From: Combinatorial peptidomics: a generic approach for protein expression profiling
Average Peptide length in mixture | Number of amino acid filters required for near complete depletion | Maximum number of possible combinations of amino acid filters |
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   20 | 1 | 6 (i.e. either"1" or "2" etc., etc.) |
   10 | 2 | 15 (i.e. either "1+2" or "1+3" etc.) |
   7 | 3 | 20 (i.e. either "1+2+3" or "1+2+4" etc.) |
   5 | 4 | 15 (i.e. "1+2+3+4" or "1+2+3+5" etc.) |
   4 | 5 | 6 (i.e. "all but 1" or "all but 2" etc.) |
   3 | 6 | 1 (i.e. "1+2+3+4+5+6") |