Stepwise evolution of protein native structure with electrospray into the gas phase, 10-12 to 102 s

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 18145-18152

  Breuker, Kathrin ^a   McLafferty, Fred W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrospray ionization; Gaseous proteins; Mass spectrometry; Protein conformations; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; RNA;

BINDING AFFINITY; COVALENT BOND; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSPRAY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME BINDING; EVOLUTION; GAS; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER LOSS;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; WATER;

EID: 57449113443     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807005105     Document Type: Review

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