Download or read book Selected Topics in Mass Spectrometry in the Biomolecular Sciences written by R. M. Caprioli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1997 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings from the July 1996 symposium include sections on methods in mass spectrometry; instrumentation for mass analysis and detection; and application to biomolecules. Topics include ionization methods such as electrospray and MALDI techniques which are currently under development and refinement; GC/MS and quantitative analysis; the impact of mass spectrometric methods in protein analysis on pharmaceutical industry; the possibility of obtaining structural information from intact proteins with reference to their secondary structure as well; and the contribution of the methodology to cancer therapy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR