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Method and apparatus for maldi analysis

  • US 6,423,966 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2000
  • Issued: 07/23/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method, comprising:

  • capturing nucleic acid molecules onto a pin of a pintool;

    illuminating the nucleic acid on the pin to generate desorbed nucleic acid and to partially randomize the directional momentum of the desorbed nucleic acid molecules; and

    determining the molecular weight of the desorbed nucleic acid molecules by mass spectrometry.

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