The DNA photocleavage reaction of mismatch-selective Rh complexes has been analyzed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as well as gel electrophoresis analysis of radioactively tagged oligonucleotides. Analogous results are obtained with these two techniques showing site-specific cleavage neighboring the mismatch to yield primarily 5'- and 3'-phosphate termini. Additional intermediates and products ...

We describe a novel technique combining precise organelle microextraction with deposition and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) for a rapid, minimally invasive mass spectrometry (MS) analysis of single organelles from living cells. A dual-positioner nanomanipulator workstation was utilized for both extraction of organelle content and precise co-deposition of analyte and matrix...

A combination of high-resolution two-dimensional (2-D) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, highly sensitive biological mass spectrometry, and the rapidly growing protein and DNA databases has paved the way for high-throughput proteomics. This review concentrates on protein identification. We first discuss the use of protein electroblotting and Edman sequencing as tools for de novo sequencing an...

Deep UV projection lithography (DUV-PL) and deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) processes are used to fabricate silicon nanopost surfaces for laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS). Described here is a fabrication process that is amenable to mass production of silicon nanopost array (NAPA) devices optimized for laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry of small molecules less t...

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a versatile tool for visualizing molecular distributions in complex biological specimens, but locating microscopic chemical features of interest can be challenging in samples that lack a well-defined anatomy. To address this issue, we developed a correlated imaging approach that begins with performing matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) MSI to ...

Organic compounds designed to serve as stable dendrimer cores were developed. A series of aminosugar and amino polyol containing G0 dendrimers were synthesized. The reaction mixture composition was checked by MALDI TOF mass spectrometry, while that of purified products - by 1H and 13C NMR combined with 2D NMR spectroscopy as well as MALDI TOF MSMS mass spectra. Mass spectrometric fragmentation ...

Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) is an advanced technique that uses minimum fragmented ions from complex molecules for (MS) analysis (tissue profiling by spectrometry). It able to analyze spatially resolved tissue or tumor sections at the molecular level. has become a valuable tool and imaging, due its ease of operation high resolution, but it still vast ...

A matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) interlaboratory comparison was conducted on mixtures of synthetic polymers having the same repeat unit and closely matching molecular mass distributions but with different end groups. The interlaboratory comparison was designed to see how well the results from a group of experienced laboratories would ...

Data from a comparative proteomic analysis of three human breast epithelial cell lines are presented. M13SV1 cells and their tumorigenic derivatives M13SV1-R2-2 and M13SV1-R2-N1 were used. Proteomic data were obtained using 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis and subsequent identification of proteins by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. In a second experiment, the three cell lines were treated with di...

Title of Document: MICROFLUIDICS INTERFACING TO MASS SPECTROMETRY YI ZHOU, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Directed By: Dr. Don L. Devoe, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Polymer-based microfluidic systems have received considerable attention for high throughput chemical analysis. Recently, the ongoing development of microfluidics interfacing to high-accuracy mass spectromet...