Determining the stoichiometry and interactions of macromolecular assemblies from mass spectrometry

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 715-726

  Hernández, Helena ^a   Robinson, Carol V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSPRAY; GAS; MACROMOLECULE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROTEOMICS;

MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 34347228701     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.73     Document Type: Article

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