Four decades of structure determination by mass spectrometry: From alkaloids to heparin

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1254-1272

  Biemann, Klaus ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

1 METHYLASPIDOSPERMINE; 1 METHYLDEACETYLASPIDOSPERMINE; 1,2 DEHYDROASPIDOSPERMINE; ACID; ALKALOID; ASPIDOSPERMINE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CHONDROITIN; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; DEACETYLASPIDOSPERMINE; DEACETYLPYRIFOLIDINE; GLUTAREDOXIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN FRAGMENT; IBOGAINE; IBOGAMINE; INDOLE ALKALOID; INSULIN; MYOGLOBIN; PEPTIDE; PYRIFOLIDINE; QUEBRACHAMINE; SARPAGINE; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VELBANAMINE; VINBLASTINE; VINDOLINE; PROTEIN;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACCURACY; ACIDITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASPIDOSPERMA; AUTOMATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER; DEGRADATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HODGKIN DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; IONIZATION; LEUKEMIA; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ART; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ASPIDOSPERMA; ASPIDOSPERMA QUEBRACHO-BLANCO; SCHINOPSIS BALANSAE;

ALKALOIDS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; HEPARIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PORTRAITS; PROTEINS;

EID: 0036831033     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-0305(02)00441-5     Document Type: Article

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