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Analyzing Large Protein Complexes by Structural Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 19, 2010
A new tandem mass spectrometer for the study of molecular dissociations
1Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-6300, Giessen, Germany.
Abstract:
A new tandem mass spectrometer has been developed for the study of molecular fragmentation reactions. The first stage of this tandem mass spectrometer is a double-focusing sector field instrument in the BE configuration. The second stage is a double-focusing combination of a Wien filter and a sector magnet that allows simultaneous detection of a wide range of masses owing to the approximately equal velocities of the fragment ions. By using a microchannel plate as a collision target, high fragmentation effi.ciency and high ion transmission were achieved.
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