Mass spectrometry for genotyping: an emerging tool for molecular medicine.
Recent technological innovations have made proteins and nucleic acids accessible to mass spectrometric analysis. As a result of their inherently high specificity, accuracy and throughput, there is considerable interest in developing mass spectrometric methods for genotype analysis in clinical diagnostic and research applications. This review outlines some of the most promising genotyping methods developed using electrospray and matrix-assisted laser-desorption-ionization mass spectrometry.
Jackson
P E
PE
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. pjackson@jhsph.edu
Scholl
P F
PF
Groopman
J D
JD
D005821:Genetic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization / Q000379:methods