Mapping intact protein isoforms in discovery mode using top-down proteomics

…, JF Kellie, M Li, C Wu, SMM Sweet, BP Early… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
… Because this is the first time top-down proteomics has been achieved at this scale, an early
glimpse at the prevalence of uncharacterized mass shifting events has been revealed in the …

Complete protein characterization using top-down mass spectrometry and ultraviolet photodissociation

…, J Griep-Raming, RT Fellers, BP Early… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The top-down approach to proteomics offers compelling advantages due to the potential to
provide complete characterization of protein sequence and post-translational modifications. …

ProSight PTM 2.0: improved protein identification and characterization for top down mass spectrometry

…, V Viswanathan, IT Spaulding, BP Early… - Nucleic acids …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
ProSight PTM 2.0 ( http://prosightptm2.scs.uiuc.edu ) is the next generation of the ProSight
PTM web-based system for the identification and characterization of proteins using top down …

ProSight Lite: graphical software to analyze top‐down mass spectrometry data

RT Fellers, JB Greer, BP Early, X Yu, RD LeDuc… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many top‐down proteomics experiments focus on identifying and localizing PTMs and other
potential sources of “mass shift” on a known protein sequence. A simple application to …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale top-down proteomics of the human proteome: membrane proteins, mitochondria, and senescence

AD Catherman, KR Durbin, DR Ahlf, BP Early… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2013 - ASBMB
Top-down proteomics is emerging as a viable method for the routine identification of hundreds
to thousands of proteins. In this work we report the largest top-down study to date, with the …

A protease for'middle-down'proteomics

…, L Zamdborg, KR Durbin, M Li, DR Ahlf, BP Early… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
We developed a method for restricted enzymatic proteolysis using the outer membrane
protease T (OmpT) to produce large peptides (>6.3 kDa on average) for mass spectrometry–…

Multiplexed mass spectrometry of individual ions improves measurement of proteoforms and their complexes

…, RD Melani, KR Durbin, B Ikwuagwu, BP Early… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
… 3e) is consistent with the encapsulation of 1 average-length DNA (900 bp) and mRNA (500
nt) … The incorporation of the average-length DNA strand (375 bp) matches the higher mass …

The trauma of moral injury: Beyond the battlefield

EA Dombo, C Gray, BP Early - Journal of Religion & Spirituality in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores moral injury, a concept from military mental health professionals, which
refers to the emotional effects on soldiers of actions taken as part of their military obligations …

The first pilot project of the consortium for top‐down proteomics: a status report

…, N Tolić, I Ntai, PM Thomas, RT Fellers, BP Early… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Pilot Project #1—the identification and characterization of human histone H 4 proteoforms by
top‐down MS —is the first project launched by the C onsortium for T op‐ D own P roteomics …

Applying label-free quantitation to top down proteomics

…, RT Fellers, OS Skinner, AD Smith IV, BP Early… - Analytical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
… One value proposition is that proteoform discovery and validation will provide robust,
protein-based biomarkers that can detect disease early and guide the development of therapeutics …