Target Discovery, Inc.

Robert Petesch

Luke V Schneider

Michael P Hall

Jeffrey N Peterson

Methods and apparatuses for deriving the sequence of an oligomer. In one exemplary method for deriving the sequence of a polypeptide, a predetermined set of mass/charge values for amino acid sequences is stored. An abundance value from mass spectrum data for each mass/charge value in the predetermined set is determined to produce a plurality of abundance values. A first ranking, based on the plurality of abundance values, is calculated for each sequence of a set of amino acid sequences having a first number of amino acids. A second ranking, based on the plurality of abundance values, for each sequence of a set of amino acid sequences having a second number of amino acids is calculated. A cumulative ranking, based on the first ranking and the second ranking, is calculated for each sequence of a set of amino acid sequences having at least the second number of amino acids.

Methods for deriving a cumulative ranking

Mass tagging methods are provided that lead to mass spectrometer detection sensitivities and molecular discriminations that are improved over other methods. In particular the methods are useful for discriminating tagged molecules and fragments of molecules from chemical noise in the mass spectrum. These mass tagging methods are useful for oligomer sequencing, determining the relative abundances of molecules from different samples, and identifying individual molecules or chemical processing steps in combinatorial chemical libraries. The methods provided are useful for the simultaneous analysis of multiple molecules and reaction mixtures by mass spectrometric methods.

Mass defect labeling for the determination of oligomer sequences

The invention provides methods, compositions, apparatus, and a computer data retrieval system for conducting proteomics.

Polypeptide fingerprinting methods

The present method provides methods and apparatus for separating proteins using a series of electrophoretic methods that utilize controlled fractionation and labeling techniques to resolve mixtures of proteins. The samples for each electrophoretic method other than the initial method, contain only a subset of proteins resolved in the preceding method. The methods can be used in a variety of different applications including, creating proteomic databases, comparative expression studies, diagnostics, structure activity relationships and metabolic engineering investigations.

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