Method to identify a surface-bound molecule
US6432716B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/24
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of identifying a molecule of a molecule-substrate complex, wherein the molecule is covalently attached directly to a substrate or indirectly by means of a linking moiety, comprising: (a) bombarding the molecule-substrate complex with energized particles to cleave the molecule from the molecule-substrate complex; and (b) determining the molecular weight of the cleaved molecule by means of mass spectrometry. The inventive method may further comprise irradiating the cleaved molecule with photons.
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