Mass spectrometry detection and reduction of disulfide adducts between reducing agents and recombinant proteins with highly reactive cysteines

Journal of Biomolecular Techniques

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-20

  Begg, Gillian E ^a   Speicher, David W ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disulfide adduct; Matrix assisted laser desorption and ionization mass spectrometry; Recombinant protein; Reducing agent; Tris(2 carboxyethyl)phosphine hydrochloride (TCEP HCL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003163442     PISSN: 15240215     EISSN: 19434731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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