Introduction to Modern Biological Mass Spectrometry

✍ Scribed by Matsuo, Takekiyo; Seyama, Yousuke

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 119 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1076-5174
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(200002)35:2<114::aid-jms949>3.0.co;2-1

✦ Synopsis

We believe that the development and influence of mass spectrometry in the biological sciences can be represented by illustrating it metaphorically as the 'Tree of Biological Mass Spectrometry,' as a tree has both its older inner core and the newer shoots that sprout from the ends of its branches (Figure 1).

Natural trees are germinated as seeds and grow by taking in water and nutrients through the roots and by producing carbohydrates via photosynthetic