Identification of n-terminally arginylated proteins and peptides by mass spectrometry

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-332

  Xu, Tao ^a   Wong, Catherine C L ^a   Kashina, Anna ^b   Yates, John R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ARGININE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 63349110971     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.248     Document Type: Article

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