Identifying gel-separated proteins using in-gel digestion, mass spectrometry, and database searching: Consider the chemistry

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Albright, Jessica C ^a   Dassenko, David J ^a   Mohamed, Essa A ^a   Beussman, Douglas J ^a  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioanalytical chemistry; Gel electrophoresis; MALDI TOF; Mass spectrometry; Protein identification; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449103755     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20259     Document Type: Article

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