Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry: A protocol for preparing and applying NIMS surfaces for high-sensitivity mass analysis

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1341-1349

  Woo, Hin Koon ^a   Northen, Trent R ^a,b   Yanes, Oscar ^a   Siuzdak, Gary ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIPID; NANOMATERIAL; PEPTIDE;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURE INITIATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; CARBOHYDRATES; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PEPTIDES; PROPAFENONE; SILICON; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URINE;

EID: 50349103331     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.110     Document Type: Article

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