Ion-molecule reactions as probes of gas-phase structures of peptides and proteins

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 53-71

  Green, M Kirk ^a   Lebrilla, Carlito B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; GAS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

GASES; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR PROBES; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031082985     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2787(1997)16:2<53::AID-MAS1>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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