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Atmospheric-pressure Molecular Imaging of Biological Tissues and Biofilms by LAESI Mass Spectrometry
Published on: September 3, 2010
Atmospheric pressure photoionization mass spectrometry of oligodeoxyribonucleotides
A Bagag1, A Giuliani, O Laprévote
1Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse, ICSN-CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Abstract:
Small oligonucleotides (di- and trimers) were investigated by atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) with focus on the fragmentation mechanisms. The fragmentation patterns of these biomolecular ions have been monitored under dopant-assisted photoionization (DA-APPI) conditions. Our results reveal new aspects of the gas- phase chemistry of ions formed from such biomolecules. They illustrate that the reaction between low-energy electrons released from photoionization processes and di- and trinucleotides lies in dissociative electron attachment processes leading to phosphodiester bond cleavages and to the formation of numerous fragments in the ion source. The conditions of DA-APPI, which involve protic solvents and atmospheric pressure conditions, seem to be relevant for the study of radiation damages to biological molecules.
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