Defining glycoprotein cancer biomarkers by MS in conjunction with glycoprotein enrichment

Ehwang Song1, Yehia Mechref1

  • 1Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA.

Biomarkers in Medicine
|September 3, 2015
PubMed

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