Microdroplet fusion mass spectrometry for fast reaction kinetics

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3898-3903

  Lee, Jae Kyoo ^a,b   Kim, Samuel ^a,b,d   Nam, Hong Gil ^b,c   Zare, Richard N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^c Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen deuterium isotope exchange; Liquid microdroplets; Mass spectrometry; Protein unfolding; Reaction kinetics

Indexed keywords

2,6 DICHLOROPHENOLINDOPHENOL; ASCORBIC ACID; BRADYKININ; CYTOCHROME C; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; WATER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; EVAPORATION; ION CURRENT; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRODROPLET FUSION MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84926320502     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1503689112     Document Type: Article

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