Chemical & Biochemical Analyses
                  
	
	
	
	
		
	
	
	
	
              
	 
	
	 
              
	Methods
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		low- and high-resolution MS
 
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		ESI and MALDI ionization
 
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		accurate mass by ESI-MS
 
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		tandem MS
 
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		LC/MS and LC/MS/MS
 
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		Edman degradation
 
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		amino acid analysis: pre-column derivatization with PITC
 
	Applications
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		structure elucidation and verification
 
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		purity and quality control
 
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		elemental composition
 
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		analysis of mixtures
 
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		identification of modifications
 
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		amino acid composition: bound and free amino acids
 
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		peptide and protein identification
 
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		sequencing of biopolymers (also de novo): peptides, proteins, and oligonucleotides
 
	Equipment
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		LTQ Orbitrap XL with nano ESI (Thermo)
 
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		Autoflex Smartbeam III MALDI-TOF-MS (Bruker)
 
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		QTrap 5500 LC/MS/MS (Sciex)
 
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		QStar Pulsar ESI-qTOF-MS (Sciex)
 
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		Procise 492 cLC (Applied Biosystems)
 
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		Summit HPLC (Dionex)
 
	Contacts
	 
	PD Dr. Stefan Schürch
	Tel: +41 31 631 43 89
	Fax: +41 31 631 34 21
	E-mail: stefan.schuerch@dcb.unibe.ch
	Homepage: http://schuerch.dcb.unibe.ch
	 
	 
              
  
      
                  Universität Bern | 
        Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
        Freiestrasse 3 |
        CH-3012 Bern |