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Methods In Metallomics, Proteomics, And Toxicology: Development And Applications Of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry And Native Sds-Page, William John Wobig May 2013

Methods In Metallomics, Proteomics, And Toxicology: Development And Applications Of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry And Native Sds-Page, William John Wobig

Theses and Dissertations

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) is a bio-analytical method used to separate proteins in solution into an array of individual bands of proteins in a gel matrix. Current PAGE methods, however, have severe limitations in simultaneously maintaining a protein's native structure and association with transition metals while providing adequate resolution. Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) provides a means to perform trace to ultra-trace level inorganic analysis of solid samples such as dried PAGE gels containing metallo-protein arrays. Current LA-ICP-MS methods involving the analysis of PAGE gels, however, have been limited in their effective use by inadequate limits of …


A Novel Algorithm For Validating Peptide Identification From A Shotgun Proteomics Search Engine, Ling Jian, Xinnan Niu, Zhonghang Xia, Parimal Samir, Chiranthani Sumanasekera, Zheng Mu, Jennifer L. Jennings, Kristen L. Hoek, Tara Allos, Leigh M. Howard, Kathryn M. Edwards, P. Anthony Weil, Andrew J. Link Feb 2013

A Novel Algorithm For Validating Peptide Identification From A Shotgun Proteomics Search Engine, Ling Jian, Xinnan Niu, Zhonghang Xia, Parimal Samir, Chiranthani Sumanasekera, Zheng Mu, Jennifer L. Jennings, Kristen L. Hoek, Tara Allos, Leigh M. Howard, Kathryn M. Edwards, P. Anthony Weil, Andrew J. Link

Chemistry Faculty Research

Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) has revolutionized the proteomics analysis of complexes, cells, and tissues. In a typical proteomic analysis, the tandem mass spectra from a LC–MS/MS experiment are assigned to a peptide by a search engine that compares the experimental MS/MS peptide data to theoretical peptide sequences in a protein database. The peptide spectra matches are then used to infer a list of identified proteins in the original sample. However, the search engines often fail to distinguish between correct and incorrect peptides assignments. In this study, we designed and implemented a novel algorithm called De-Noise to …