Progress in mass spectrometry of nucleic acid constituents: analysis of xenobiotic modifications and measurements at high mass

Abstract

Significant recent progress in the applications of mass spectrometry in nucleic acid chemistry has been realized in two diverse areas. These are the characterization and quantification of xenobiotically modified nucleic acid constituents, and the mass spectrometry of large oligonucleotides, primarily by electrospray and laser desorption methods. Selected examples of the literature in these two fields are reviewed for the period 1988 through mid-1991.