Detection of Biological Agents for the Prevention of Bioterrorism /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Banoub, Joseph. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Broadband analysis of bioagents by mass spectrometry
  • Hollow-fiber flow field-flow fractionation for mass spectrometry: from proteins to whole bacteria
  • Mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry for protein biomarker discovery and bacterial speciation
  • Intact cell/spore mass spectrometry of fusarium macro conidia for fast isolate and species differentiation
  • Bacteriophage amplification-coupled detection and identification of bacterial pathogens
  • Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometric analysis of bacillus anthracis: from fingerprint analysis of the bacterium to quantification of its toxins in clinical samples
  • Microorganism identification based on MALDI-TOF MS fingerprints
  • Mass spectrometric detection of botulinum neurotoxin by measuring its activity in serum and milk
  • Functional assays for ricin detection
  • Challenges of detecting bioterrorism agents in complex matrices
  • DESI-MS/MS of chemical warfare agents and related compounds
  • Mass spectrometry applications for the identification and quantitation of biomarkers resulting from human exposure to chemical warfare agents
  • Applications of mass spectrometry in investigations of alleged use of chemical warfare agents
  • Mass spectrometry for the analysis of low explosives
  • Identification of the bacterial cellular lipid fraction by using fast GC × GC-MS and innovative MS libraries
  • Endotoxins in environmental and clinical samples assessed by GC-tandem MS
  • Imaging mass spectrometry
  • 2 and 3d TOF-SIMS imaging for biological analysis
  • Application of mass spectrometry for the analysis of vitellogenin, a unique biomarker for xenobiotic compounds
  • Mass spectrometry as a powerful analytical technique for the structural characterization of synthesized and natural products.