A mass spectrometric solution to the address problem of combinatorial libraries.

Brummel, C L; Lee, I N; Zhou, Y; Benkovic, S J; Winograd, N · Science · 1994

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The molecular weights of femtomole quantities of small peptides attached to polystyrene beads have been determined with imaging time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry. The analysis is made possible by the selective clipping of the bond linking the peptide to a bead with trifluoroacetic acid vapor before the secondary ion mass spectrometry assay. The approach can be applied to large numbers of 30- to 60-micrometer polystyrene beads for the direct characterization of massive combinatorial libraries.

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