Enhancement of mass spectrometry performance for proteomic analyses using high-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS)

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1181-1195

  Bonneil, Eric ^a   Pfammatter, Sibylle ^a,b   Thibault, Pierre ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

co fragmentation; high field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS); ion mobility; protein modifications; proteomics; quantitative proteomics

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; IONS; ISOMERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PEPTIDES; SEPARATION; SPECTROMETRY;

HIGH-FIELD ASYMMETRIC WAVEFORM ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRIES; ION MOBILITY; PROTEIN MODIFICATIONS; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE PROTEOMICS;

PROTEINS;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; DRUG MIXTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; HIGH FIELD ASYMMETRIC WAVEFORM ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TURBULENT FLOW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEK293 CELL LINE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN MICROARRAY;

ION; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IONS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOMICS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84945315714     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.3646     Document Type: Article

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