Mass Spectrometry in Biomolecular Sciences

I: Methods in Mass Spectrometry.- 1. Ion Formation by Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry.- 2. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization (MALDI) Mass Spectrometry of Biological Molecules.- 3. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry on a Magnetic Sector Instrument Fitted with an Array Detector.- 4. Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Protein Structure.- 5. Applications of Quantum Chemistry in Mass Spectrometry.- 6. Proton Affinities and Intrinsic Basicities of Alanine and Glycine Studied by Means of AM1 and PM3 Methods.- II: Instrumentation for Mass Analysis and Detection.- 7. Energy-Isochronous Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometers.- 8. The Detection of High Mass-to-Charge Biological Ions by Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry: Issues and Routes for Instrument Improvement.- 9. Quadrupole Mass Filters, Quadrupole Ion Traps and Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectrometers.- 10. Energy Shifts in Collisional Activation.- 11. Hybrid Instruments of Unusual Geometry.- III: Application to Biomolecules.- 12. Continuous-Flow Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry: Applications to Dynamic Systems.- 13. Hybrid Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Peptides.- 14. Mass Spectrometry in the Study of Advanced Glycation End Products.- 14. Nucleic Acids: Overview and Analytical Strategies.- 15. Monitoring of Human Exposure to Xenobiotics; Identification and Quantification of Cancer Initiators in Vivo.- 16. The Role of Mass Spectrometry in Biomonitoring Exposure to Carcinogens.- 17. Characterization of Ceramide Mixtures by Fast Atom Bombardment and Tandem Mass Spectrometry.- 18. Bioorganic Studies of a New Photoreceptor Structure.- IV: Coupling of Chromatography to Mass Spectrometry.- 19. Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Coupling.- 20. Recent Developments in Combined Supercritical Fluid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (SFC/MS).- 21. GC-MS Analysis of Volatile Compounds of Mesir.- 22. The Application of Mass Spectrometry to Food and Nutrition Research.