Origin of Supercharging in Electrospray Ionization of Noncovalent Complexes from Aqueous Solution

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1933-1943

  Sterling, Harry J ^a   Williams, Evan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHARGE STATE; CHARGE STATE DISTRIBUTION; DROPLET HEATING; ELECTROSPRAY DROPLETS; ELECTROSPRAYS; HEPTAMERS; HIGHER-ORDER STRUCTURE; M-NITROBENZYL ALCOHOLS; MONOMERIC PROTEINS; NON-COVALENT COMPLEXES;

BOILING POINT; DISSOCIATION; DROP FORMATION; DYES; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HEATING; IONIZATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

SOLUTIONS;

3 NITROBENZYL ALCOHOL; APOMYOGLOBIN; BENZYL ALCOHOL; MYOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; M NITROBENZYL ALCOHOL; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EVAPORATION; HEATING; PROTEIN FOLDING; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE CHARGE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROSPRAY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; APOPROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 70349136225     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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