Characterization of oligonucleotides and nucleic acids by mass spectrometry
Limbach, Crain, McCloskey (1995) Characterization of oligonucleotides and nucleic acids by mass spectrometry Curr Opin Biotechnol (IF: 7.1) 6(1) 96-102Abstract
The continued refinement of two recent methods for producing gas-phase ions, electrospray ionization and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization, has resulted in new techniques for the rapid characterization of oligonucleotides by mass spectrometry. Using commercially available instruments, molecular mass measurements at the 20-mer level, with errors less than 2 Da, can now be made routinely in less than 15 min. Progress has also been achieved in the development of mass spectrometry for rapid sequencing of oligonucleotides smaller than 25 residues.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7534508http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0958-1669(95)80015-8
