Mass-spectrometric characterization of nicked fragments of the β- subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1172-1181

  Liu, Chuanliang ^a,b   Bowers, Larry D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatography, liquid; Mass spectrometry; Oligosaccharide microheterogeneity; Peptide sequencing; Proline

Indexed keywords

1 VINYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GLYCOPEPTIDASE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROTEINASE; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0030749698     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.7.1172     Document Type: Article

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