An improved chemical approach toward the C-terminal sequence analysis of proteins containing all natural amino acids

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1593-1602

  Hardeman, Klaas ^a   Samyn, Bart ^a   Van Der Eycken, Johan ^a   Van Beeumen, Jozef ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acetyl chloride; Amino acid thiohydantoin; C terminal sequence analysis; Oxazolonium ion; Proteins; Thiocyanate ion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0031825280     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070713     Document Type: Article

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