New Aspects of the Fragmentation Mechanisms of Unmodified and Methylphosphonate-Modified Oligonucleotides

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 984-990

  Monn, Selina T M ^a   Schürch, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; DNA; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION;

ELECTROSPRAY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; FRAGMENTATION; METHYLPHOSPHONATE; NUCLEOBASES; PENTANUCLEOTIDES;

OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

ADENINE; ION; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 34248571694     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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