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What are the Common Mass Spectrometry-Based Analyses Used in Biology?

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Mass spectrometry is used in many field of research, such as biology, chemistry, geology, etc. The focus of this chapter is the common methods, requiring mass spectrometry, in biology related researches. Proteomics for example is a field of research focusing on proteins for which mass spectrometry plays a pivotal role. However, proteins are not the unique target, lipids and small compounds such as metabolites are also studied using mass spectrometry. As we are now in the era of ‘omics’ the field of research studying lipids is called lipidomics and the analysis of metabolites is known as metabolomics. Through the example of the main methods used in proteomics analysis, this chapter summarizes the advantages of mass spectrometry in biology research. The analyses of small biomolecules, lipids and nucleotides are also presented.

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Pottiez, G. (2015). What are the Common Mass Spectrometry-Based Analyses Used in Biology?. In: Mass Spectrometry: Developmental Approaches to Answer Biological Questions. SpringerBriefs in Bioengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13087-3_2

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