Formation of gas-phase peptide ions and their dissociation in MALDI: Insights from kinetic and ion yield studies

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 94-115

  Moon, Jeong Hee ^a   Yoon, Sohee ^b   Bae, Yong Jin ^c   Kim, Myung Soo ^c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Expansion cooling; Ion yield; MALDI; Peptide ion dissociation; Peptide ion formation; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PEPTIDES;

EXPANSION COOLING; ION YIELDS; MALDI; PEPTIDE IONS; THERMAL MODEL;

IONS;

GAS; ION; PEPTIDE;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GAS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

GASES; HUMANS; IONS; KINETICS; PEPTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84922963944     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: 10982787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.21427     Document Type: Article

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