Nanostructured microfluidic digestion system for rapid high-performance proteolysis.
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SUBMITTER: Cheng G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4304898 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Nanostructured microfluidic digestion system for rapid high-performance proteolysis.
Cheng Gong G Hao Si-Jie SJ Yu Xu X Zheng Si-Yang SY
Lab on a chip 20150201 3
A novel microfluidic protein digestion system with a nanostructured and bioactive inner surface was constructed by an easy biomimetic self-assembly strategy for rapid and effective proteolysis in 2 minutes, which is faster than the conventional overnight digestion methods. It is expected that this work would contribute to rapid online digestion in future high-throughput proteomics. ...[more]
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