Bioanalytic applications of mass spectrometry

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-28

  Costello, Catherine E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

BIOASSAY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LASER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0032948082     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)80005-6     Document Type: Article

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