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Abstract:
INTRODUCTIONThis protocol provides guidance for setting the parameters for a typical data-dependent MS/MS acquisition analysis using the ThermoFinnigan LCQ system. The method consists of a continual cycle beginning with one scan of MS (scan one), which records all of the m/z values of the ions present at that moment in the gradient, followed by two rounds of MS/MS. The initial MS/MS scan is of the first most-intense ion recorded from the MS scan. The second MS/MS scan is of the second most-intense ion recorded from scan one. Dynamic exclusion is activated to improve the protein identification capacity during the analysis.
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