Mass spectrometry for rapid characterization of microorganisms

Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Demirev, Plamen A ^a   Fenselau, Catherine ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioinformatics; ESI; MALDI; Proteolysis; Proteomics; Spores; Tandem MS; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSAYS; INTACT PROTEINS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED ACID HYDROLYSIS; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE; PROTEOLYTIC PEPTIDES; PROTEOME DATABASE; PROTEOMICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTRA; TANDEM MS; TOPDOWN;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMARKERS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEPTIDES; PROTEOLYSIS; SEARCH ENGINES; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVES; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 60549112351     PISSN: 19361327     EISSN: 19361335     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anchem.1.031207.112838     Document Type: Article

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