Signal Attrition in Whole Cell Crosslinking Mass Spectrometry
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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S):
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Cell Suspension Culture, Epithelial Cell, Cell Culture
DISEASE(S): Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma
SUBMITTER: 
Bruno Amaral
LAB HEAD: David C. Schiemer
PROVIDER: PXD069512 | Pride | 2025-11-18
REPOSITORIES: Pride
Dataset's files
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| 20240522_Pellet1_Z2-8.raw | Raw | |||
| 20240522_Pellet1_Z4-8.raw | Raw | |||
| 20240522_Pellet2_Z2-8.raw | Raw | |||
| 20240522_Pellet2_Z4-8.raw | Raw | |||
| 20240522_Pellet_pLink3_Crosslinks.csv | Csv |
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