Leading practitioners detail revolutionary new spectrometric techniques
for the identification and covalent structural characterization of
macromolecules, proteins, glycoconjugates, and nucleic acids. Based on
the Fourth International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry in the Health
and Life Sciences held in San Francisco in 1998, this invaluable book
contains tested strategies for solving many significant biomedical
research problems. The techniques use mass spectrometry, automated
computer processing of spectral information, and gene, protein, and EST
databases for genomic and proteomic correlations. Mass Spectrometry in
Biology and Medicine offers a unique opportunity to explore and apply
these new techniques of mass spectrometry that are revolutionizing the
identification and structural characterization of proteins,
carbohydrates, and nucleic acids.