As a new recruit to protein sequencing and running my own ABI Procise HT I
would be thrilled to find that a compendium of Protein sequencing notes,
compiled by wiser and more experienced heads than mine, existed.
Great idea!!!!
Amanda Hall
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>I have been very happy that prot seq and pep synth etc. has leveled off
>somewhat, as far as new technology goes, over the past few years so I can
>concentrate on MS and other things but I think it would be nice if ABRF
>put together a compendium of prot seq notes so everyone could profit
>...raise the tide and lift all boats so to speak.....so that all the great
>techniques could be hopefully flushed out....and the matter of maintaining
>a high sensitivity protein sequencer be put to rest for a few years....
>i.e. get everyone to put in their ca. 5 or whatever favorite Edman tricks
>(trick = not in manual or user bulletin) to running a protein sequencer.
>Appoint an edit team and give everyone who contributes credit. Something
>along the lines of the ABRF non-standard sequencer peaks and non-standard
>PTC amino acid peaks information handouts. They were super.
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>Is there critical mass for this or is Edman old hat for everyone now?
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>Dick Cook
Amanda Hall
Professional Officer
Newcastle Protein
University of Newcastle
ph 02 4921 7299
email: mbah@medicine.newcastle.edu.au