An Extensive Compilation Of Reviews, Opinions, And Applications By Today's Top Researchers And Professionals In The Field, Principles Of Mass Spectrometry Applied To Biomolecules Presents The Latest Information On The Basic Principles Of Mass Spectrometry As They Relate To The Life Sciences, With Special Focus On The Inherent Challenges Posed By Varying Degrees Of Biomolecular Size And Flexibility.--jacket. Spectroscopy Of Neutral Peptides In The Gas Phase : Structure, Reactivity, Microsolvation, Molecular Recognition / Markus Gerhards -- Probing The Electronic Structure Of Fes Clusters : Ubiquitous Electron Transfer Centers In Metalloproteins Using Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy In The Gas Phase / Xin Yang, Xue-bin Wang, You-jun Fu, Lai-sheng Wang -- Ion-molecule Reactions And H/d Exchange For Structural Characterization Of Biomolecules / M. Kirk Green, Carlito B. Lebrilla -- Understanding Protein Interactions And Their Representation In The Gas Phase Of The Mass Spectrometer / Frank Sobott, Carol V. Robinson -- Protein Structure And Folding In The Gas Phase : Ubiquitin And Cytochrome C / Kathrin Breuker -- Dynamical Simulations Of Photoionization Of Small Biological Molecules / Dorit Shemesh, R. Benny Gerber -- Intramolecular Vibrational Energy Redistribution And Ergodicity Of Biomolecular Dissociation / Chava Lifshitz -- Peptide Fragmentation Overview / Vicki H. Wysocki, Guilong Cheng, Qingfen Zhang, Kristin A. Herrmann, Richard L. Beardsley, Amy E. Hilderbrand -- Peptide Radical Cations / Alan C. Hopkinson, K.w. Michael Siu -- Photodissociation Of Biomolecule Ions : Progress, Possibilities, And Perspectives Coming From Small-ion Models / Robert C. Dunbar -- Chemical Dynamics Simulations Of Energy Transfer And Unimolecular Decomposition In Collision-induced Dissociation (cid) And Surface-induced Dissociation (sid) / Asif Rahaman, William L. Hase, Kihyung Song, Jiangping Wang, Samy O. Meroueh -- Ion Soft Landing : Instrumentation, Phenomena, And Applications / Bogdan Gologan, Justin M. Wiseman, R. Graham Cooks -- Electron Capture Dissociation And Other Ion-electron Fragmentation Reactions / Roman Zubarev -- Biomolecule Ion-ion Reactions / Scott A. Mcluckey -- Thermochemistry Studies Of Biomolecules / Chrys Wesdemiotis, Ping Wang -- Energy And Entropy Effects In Gas-phase Dissociation Of Peptides And Proteins / Julia Laskin. Edited By Julia Laskin, Chava Lifshitz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.