Quantitative analysis of biopolymers by matrix-assisted laser desorption
Quantitative analysis of biopolymers by matrix-assisted laser desorption
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通过基质辅助激光解吸对生物聚合物进行定量分析
DOI:
10.1021/ac00063a041
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Chung
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文献类型:
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作者:
K. Tang;S. Allman;R. Jones;Chung
During the past few years, major efforts have been made to use mass spectrometry to measure biopolymers because of the great potential benefit to biological and medical research. Although the theoretical details of laser desorption and ionization mechanisms of MALDI are not yet fully understood, several models have been presented to explain the production of large biopolymer ions. In brief, it is very difficult to obtain reliable measurements of the absolute quantity of analytes by MALDI. If MALDI is going to become a routine analytical tool, it is obvious that quantitative measurement capability must be pursued. Oligonucleotides and protein samples used in this work were purchased from commercial sources. Nicotinic acid was used as matrix for both types of biopolymers. From this experiment, it is seen that it is difficult to obtain absolute quantitative measurements of biopolymers using MALDI. However, internal calibration with molecules having similar chemical properties can be used to resolve these difficulties. Chemical reactions between biopolymers must be avoided to prevent the destruction of the analyte materials. 10 refs., 8 figs.