title: Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis Using the ThermoFinnigan LCQ System.
abstract: INTRODUCTIONThis protocol provides guidance for setting the parameters for a typical data-dependent MS/MS acquisition analysis using the ThermoFinnigan LCQ system. The method consists of a continual cycle beginning with one scan of MS (scan one), which records all of the m/z values of the ions present at that moment in the gradient, followed by two rounds of MS/MS. The initial MS/MS scan is of the first most-intense ion recorded from the MS scan. The second MS/MS scan is of the second most-intense ion recorded from scan one. Dynamic exclusion is activated to improve the protein identification capacity during the analysis.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Schieltz
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Washburn
authors.forename: Lara G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Hays