Application of electrospray mass spectrometry to the structural determination of glycosylphosphatidylinositol membrane anchors

Glycobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 576-585

  Nett, Isabelle R E ^a,b   Mehlert, Angela ^a   Lamont, Douglas ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; GPI anchor; Mass spectrometry; Trypanosoma brucei; Variant surface glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; SODIUM ION; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EUKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 77952830687     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq007     Document Type: Article

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