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Peptide mass mapping
A technique for identifying proteins by mass spectrometry; combined with a computer program that matches the information on each peptide's mass against the mass of theoretical, predicted peptides, based on known proteins in databases.


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Proteins and Proteomics: Mass Spectrometry to Identify Cellular Proteins

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Mass spectrometry

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