Unusual fragmentation of Β-linked peptides by ExD tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 480-491

  Sargaeva, Nadezda P ^a   Lin, Cheng ^a   O'Connor, Peter B ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron capture dissociation; Electron transfer dissociation; Ion molecule reactions; Odd electron fragmentation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; ASPARTATES; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BOND CLEAVAGES; ELECTRON CAPTURE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER DISSOCIATION; FRAGMENTATION PATHWAYS; ION MOLECULE REACTIONS; METHYLENE GROUPS; ODD ELECTRON FRAGMENTATION; POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN; PROTONATION SITE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; COMPLEXATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REDUCTION;

PEPTIDES;

BETA AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SUBSTANCE P;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ELECTRON CAPTURE DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER DISSOCIATION; ISOMER; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTON TRANSPORT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ISOASPARTIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; SUBSTANCE P; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79955753023     PISSN: 10440305     EISSN: 18791123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13361-010-0049-9     Document Type: Article

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