Glossary
PMF: Peptide Mass Fingerprinting
Vacuum drying: Drying under reduced pressure
Trypsin: A digestive enzyme
intensity: intensity
resolution: minimum measurable value
mass spectrum: a tabular or graphical representation of the relative amounts of ionized atoms or molecules according to their m/z ratio of mass m to charge z
Proton: hydrogen cation
Molecular weight: relative mass of a molecule with no unit; the standard is a carbon atom with atomic weight 12
