Fragmentation pathways of protonated peptides

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 508-548

  Palzs, Béla ^a   Suhal, Sándor ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry; Peptide fragmentation; Protonated peptides; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION PRODUCTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTATION PATHWAYS (PFP); PROTONATED PEPTIDES;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOCIATION; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEINS; PROTONS; REACTION KINETICS;

AMINO ACIDS;

PEPTIDE; PROTON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES; PROTONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 21844457685     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20024     Document Type: Review

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