Characterisation of botulinum toxins type A and B, by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation and electrospray mass spectrometry

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 970, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 95-115

  Van Baar, Ben L M ^a   Hulst, Albert G ^a   De Jong, Ad L ^a   Wils, Eric R J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequencing; Botulinum toxins; Mass spectrometry; Peptide mapping; Toxins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; DESORPTION; IONIZATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PROTEINS;

ELECTROSPRAY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; HEMAGGLUTININ; PEPSIN A; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DATA BASE; GENE SEQUENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; BOTULINUM TOXINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPSIN A; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TRYPSIN;

ABELMOSCHUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM;

EID: 0037073091     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9673(02)00508-3     Document Type: Article

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