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JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY, VOL. 34, iii (1999) Contents of Volume 34 NUMBER | JANUARY 1999 Special Feature: Tutorial Internet Resources for Mass Spectrometry K. K. MURRAY Characterization of Cassanese Olive Cultivar Through the Identification of New Trace Components by lonspray Tandem Mass Spectrometry A. DE NINO, F. MAZZOTTI, S. P. MORRONE, E. PERRI, A. RAFFAELLI AND G. SINDONA High-sensitivity Analysis and Sequencing of Peptides and Proteins by Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry \. MARINA, M. A. GARCIA, J. P. ALBAR, J. YAGUE, J. A. LOPEZ DE CASTRO AND J. VAZQUEZ Isolation from Pig Liver Microsomes, Identification by Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry and In Vitro Immunosuppressive Activity of a Rapamycin Tris-epoxide Metabolite G. LHOEST, T. ZEY, R. K. VERBEECK. P. WALLEMACQ, N. MATON, J. P. DE HOUX AND D. LATINNE Low-energy Collisionally Activated Decomposition and Structural Characterization of Cyclic Heptapeptide Microcystins by Electrospray lonisation Mass Spectrometry M. YUAN, M. NAMIKOSHI, A. OTSUKI, K. L. RINEHART, K. SIVONEN AND M. F. WATANABE Fragmentation and Isomerization of lonized Trimethyiphosphine Sulfide (CH,),P(S):ion structures and Ab Initio MO Calculations H. KECK AND P. TOMMES Atmospheric Pressure Ionization Tandem Mass Spectra of Protonated Timolol X.-Z. QIN JMS Letters Negative-ion Electrospray Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Dicarboxylic Acids R. T. APLIN, M. G. MOLONEY, R. NEWBY AND E. WRIGHT Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 2 FEBRUARY 1999 Editorial R. M. CAPRIOLI Special Feature: Commentary The Kinetic Method R. M. CAPRIOLI Special Feature: Commentary Is the Kinetic Method a Thermodynamic Method? P. B. ARMENTROUT Special Feature: Commentary How Closely Related is the Effective and the Real Temperature? L. DRAHOS AND K. VEKEY Special Feature: Commentary The Kinetic Method of Making Thermochemical Determinations R. G. COOKS, J. T. KOSKINEN AND P. D. THOMAS Quantitative Determination of E5880 in Rat Plasma by High-performance Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry K. KIKUCHI, Y. SANO, S. TANIGUCHI, K. MATSUI, M. NAMIKI, H. ITO, H. SAKURAI AND T. YOSHIMURA Matrix Optimization for Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/lonization Mass Spectrometry of Oligosaccharides from Human Milk A. PFENNINGER, M. KARAS, B. FINKE, B. STAHL AND G. SAWATZKI CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 Sample Purification and Preparation Technique Based on Nano-scale Reversed-phase Columns for the Sensitive Analysis of Complex Peptide Mixtures by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization/Mass Spectrometry J. GOBOM, E. NORDHOFF, E. MIRGORODSKAYA, R. EKMAN AND P. ROEPSTORFF Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry Studies of Phosphopeptides and Phosphopeptide Analogues A. THOLEY, J. REED AND W. D. LEHMANN Conformations of Protonated Gas-phase Bradykinin Ions: Evidence for Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding M. E. GIMON-KINSEL, D. C. BARBACCI AND D. H. RUSSELL Formation of Double Charged Transition Metal—Polyether—Pyridy! Mixed-ligand Complexes by Electrospray Ionization J. SHEN AND J. BRODBELT Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 3 MARCH 1999 Special Feature: Historical The Coupling of Gas and Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry J. ABIAN Structural Characterization of Acetobacter diazotropicus Levansucrase by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Identification of an N-Terminal Blocking Group and a Free- thiol Cysteine Residue L. BETANCOURT, T. TAKAO, L. HERNANDEZ, G. PADRON AND Y. SHIMONISHI Collision Energy-dependent Fragmentation of the Fullerene fons Cj, and C5, Using the Air Target Gas T. NISHIMURA AND R. ARAKAWA Stereochemical Effects on the Mass Spectrometric Behavior of Native and Derivatized Trisaccharide Isomers: Comparisons with Results from Molecular Modeling H. PERREAULT AND C. E. COSTELLO Bi-radical—Ion Clusters: Interrupted Sigma Bonds in the Gas Phase? G. CHEN, J. W. DENAULT, N. KASTHURIKRISHNAN AND R. G. COOKS Electrospray Collision-induced Dissociation of Testosterone and Testosterone Hydroxy Analogs T. M. WILLIAMS, A. J. KIND, E. HOUGHTON AND D. W. HILL Energy Partitioning in the Surface-induced Dissociation of Linear and Cyclic Protonated Peptides at an Organic Surface D. G. SCHULTZ, H. LIM, S. GARBIS AND L. HANLEY JMS Letters A Novel Rearrangement in the Mass Spectra of Cyclic Trimethylsilyldithioacetals V. CERE, G. INNORTA, F. PERI AND S. POLLICINO Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 4 APRIL 1999 Professor Wilhelm J. Richter Memorial Issue Editorial Obituary: Willi Richter W. VETTER Special Feature: Tutorial Comparison of Conventional, Narrow and Capillary Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry for Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Practical Considerations J. ABIAN, A. J. OOSTERKAMP AND E. GELP{ CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 Study of the Enzymatic Degradation of Vasostatin I and II, and Their Precursor Chromogranin A by Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV Using High-performance Liquid Chromatography and Electrospray Mass Spectrometry X. Y. ZHANG, I. DE MEESTER, A.-M. LAMBEIR, L. DILLEN, W. VAN DONGEN, E. L. ESMANS, A. HAEMERS, S. SCHARPE AND M. CLAEYS Mass Spectrometry of Very Large Saturated Hydrocarbons K. LUDANYI, A. DALLOS, Z. KUHN AND K. VEKEY Electrospray Mass Spectrometry in the Structural Characterization of Cephalosporins S. TENCONI, L. DE FILIPPO, M. DA COL, A. M. GIOACCHINI AND P. TRALDI Oligonucleotide Sequencing Using Guanine-specific Methylation and Electrospray Ionization Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry L. A. MARZILLI, J. P. BARRY, T. SELLS, S.-J. LAW, P. VOUROS AND A. HARSCH A Fast Screening Method for the Identification of Siderophores from Fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. by Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Mass Spectrometry S. KILZ, CH. LENZ, R. FUCHS AND H. BUDZIKIEWICZ Stereospecific Multi-step Elimination of Methanol Involving 1,4-Methoxyl Migration from the MH* Ion of 2,3-cis-3-Methoxytricyclo[6.2.2.07,’ |dodeca-9-ene N. MORLENDER-VAIS AND A. MANDELBAUM Characterization of Isomeric C,H; Anions in the Gas Phase: Theory and Experiment S. P. DE VISSER, E. VAN DER HORST, L. J. DE KONING, W. J. VAN DER HART AND N. M. M. NIBBERING Determination of N-Linked Glycosylation of Yeast External Invertase by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry C. ZENG AND K. BIEMANN Negative Ion Electrospray and Tandem Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Platelet Activating Factor (PAF) (1-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-glycerophosphocholine) K. A. HARRISON, K. L. CLAY AND R. C. MURPHY Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Stathmin Isoforms Separated by 2D PAGE D. R. MULLER, P. SCHINDLER, M. COULOT, H. VOSHOL AND J. VAN OOSTRUM Low-energy Collision-induced Dissociation of B,-Type Sugar Ions Forms from Peracetylated Methyl Pentosides and Methyl 6-Deoxyhexosides P. VOUROS, D. R. MULLER AND W. J. RICHTER Chemical Modification of Fluorinated Self-assembled Monolayer Surfaces Using Low-energy Ion Beams for Halogen and Pseudohalogen Transfer J. SHEN, V. GRILL, C. EVANS AND R. G. COOKS Post-source Decay Mass Spectrometry: Optimized Calibration Procedure and Structural Characterization of Permethylated Oligosaccharides N. VISEUX, C. E. COSTELLO AND B. DOMON Combining Solid-phase Preconcentration, Capillary Electrophoresis and Off-line Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Intracerebral Metabolic Processing of Peptide E In Vivo H. ZHANG, M. STOECKLI, P. E. ANDREN AND R. M. CAPRIOLI Protonated 1,3,5-Cycloheptatriene and 7-Alkyl-1,3,5-cycloheptatrienes in the Gas Phase: Ring Contraction to the Isomeric Alkylbenzenium Ions M. MORMANN AND D. KUCK Characterization of O-Glycosylation Sites in MUC2 Glycopeptides by Nanoelectrospray QTOF Mass Spectrometry K. ALVING, H. PAULSEN AND J. PETER-KATALINIC Toluene and Isotoluene Radical Cations: Alkoxymethyl Substituents as a Probe to Study the Formation, Fragmentation and Isomerization N. HARTING AND H.-F. GRUTZMACHER Quantitative Determination of DNA Adducts Using Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Liquid Chromatography/High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry C. SIETHOFF, I. FELDMANN, N. JAKUBOWSKI AND M. LINSCHEID CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight and Nano-electrospray Ionization lon Trap Mass Spectrometric Characterization of 1-Cyano-2-substituted-Jbiesonizn|do/l e Derivatives of Peptides for Fluorescence Detection K. LINNEMAYR, A. BRUCKNER, R. KORNER, R. HAHN, A. JUNGBAUER, DJ. JOSIC, P. ROEPSTORFF, A. RIZZI AND G. ALLMAIER Isolation, Primary Structure Characterisation and Identification of the Glycosylation Pattern of Recombinant Goldfish Neurolin, a Neuronal Cell Adhesion Protein T. DENZINGER, H. DIEKMANN, K. BRUNS, U. LAESSING, C. A. STUERMER AND M. PRZYBYLSKI Identification of Tyrosine Sulfation in Conus pennaceus Conotoxins &-PnIA and @-PnIB: Further Investigation of Labile Sulfo- and Phosphopeptides by Electrospray, Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) and Atmospheric Pressure MALDI Mass Spectrometry J.-L. WOLFENDER, F. CHU, H. BALL, F. WOLFENDER, M. FAINZILBER, M. A. BALDWIN AND A. L. BURLINGAME Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 5 MAY 1999 Editorial Obituary: Takekiyo Matsuo Y. WADA Special Feature: Perspective The Initial Ion Velocity and Its Dependence on Matrix, Analyte and Preparation Method in Ultraviolet Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization M. GLUCKMANN AND M. KARAS Microtrap Interface for On-line Mass Spectrometric Monitoring of Air Emissions S. MITRA, C. FENG, L. ZHANG, W. HO AND G. MCALLISTER Identification of Flavonoid Diglycosides in Yellow Lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) with Mass Spectrometric Techniques R. FRANSKI, P. BEDNAREK, P. WOJTASZEK AND M. STOBIECKI Negative-ion Chemical Ionization of Phenothiazines with Oxygen I. BAHR AND H. BUDZIKIEWICZ Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of 1-Phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone Derivatives of Neutral and N-Acetylated Oligosaccharides X. SHEN AND H. PERREAULT Influence of Trapping Parameters on Ion Injection and Dissociation Efficiencies in a Quadrupole Mass Filter/lon Trap Tandem Instrument V. STEINER, C. BEAUGRAND, P. LIERE AND J.-C. TABET Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Arachidonyl-containing Phospholipids in Human U937 Cells C. LI, A. MCCLORY, E. WONG AND J. A. YERGEY Identification and Quantitation of N-(Carboxymethyl)valine Adduct in Hemoglobin by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry J. CAI AND H. E. HURST Relative Gas-phase Acidities of Glucopyranose from Molecular Orbital Calculations B. MULRONEY, J. B. PEEL AND J. C. TRAEGER Negative Secondary Ion Emission From NaBF,: Comparison of Atomic and Polyatomic Projectiles at Different Impact Energies M. J. VAN STIPDONK, V. SANTIAGO AND E. A. SCHWEIKERT JMS Letters Derivatization of Amino Acids for Enhanced Ion Yield in Laser Desorption/Post-ionization Mass Spectrometry J. PREISLER AND E. S. YOUNG Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 NUMBER 6 JUNE 1999 Special Feature: Perspective Linear Free Energy Correlations in Mass Spectrometry A. G. HARRISON Fast Atom Bombardment Tandem Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Phospholipids in Drosophila melanogaster S. GAMO, A. KAWABE, H. KOHARA, H. YAMAGUCHI, Y. TANAKA AND S. YAGI The Intermediacy of lon Neutral Complexes in the Fragmentation of Short-chain Dialky! Sulfides G. FILSAK AND H. BUDZIKIEWICZ Fragmentation of Methyl Abscisate and Pentafluorobenzyl Abscisate in Methane Electron Capture Negative [onization Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry A. G. NETTING AND R. O. LIDGARD Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae Rough Strain R20 (O1 :K20 ) Lipopolysaccharide Preparations: Identification of Novel Core Oligosaccharide Components and Three 3-Deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonic Artifacts M. M. A. OLSTHOORN, J. HAVERKAMP AND J. E. THOMAS-OATES Stereospecific Multi-step Alcohol Elimination Involving 1,4-Methoxyl Migration from the MH* Ions of Stereoisomeric 3,6-Dialkoxytricyclo[6.2.2.07” |dodeca-9-enes N. MORLENDER-VAIS AND A. MANDELBAUM Using a Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/lonization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer for Combined in-source Decay/Post-source Decay Experiments T. PFEIFER, M. DREWELLO AND A. SCHIERHORN Electron lonization Mass Fragmentometric Detection of Urinary Ecgonidine, a Hydrolytic Product of Methylecgonidine, as an Indicator of Smoking Cocaine B. D. PAUL, L. K. MCWHORTER AND M. L. SMITH Comparative Mass Spectrometric Analyses of Photofrin Oligomers by Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry, UV- and IR-Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Laser Desorption/Jet-cooling Photoionization Mass Spectrometry M. M. SIEGEL, K. TABEI, R. TSAO, M. J. PASTEL, R. K. PANDEY, S. BERKENKAMP, F. HILLENKAMP AND M. S. DE VRIES Gas-phase Chemistry of Acylium Ions. Seven-to-Five Ring Contraction of 1,3-Dioxepane and 1,3-Dioxep-5-ene L. A. B. MORAES, T. KOTIAHO AND M. N. EBERLIN Ion—Neutral Correlations from the Dissociation of Metal Oxide Cluster Ions in a Reflectron Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer M. J. VAN STIPDONK, D. R. JUSTES, R. D. ENGLISH AND E. A. SCHWEIKERT Investigation of the Dynamics of Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization lon Formation Using an Electrostatic Analyzer/Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer G. R. KINSEL, M. E. GIMON-KINSEL, K. J. GILLIG AND D. H. RUSSELI Effective Ion Internal Temperatures Achieved via Boundary Activation in the Quadrupole [on Trap: Protonated Leucine Enkephalin K. G. ASANO, D. J. BUTCHER, D. E. GOERINGER AND S. A. MCLUCKEY Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 7 JULY 1999 Special Feature: Tutorial Surface Mass Spectrometry of Molecular Species L. HANLEY, O. KORNIENKO, E. T. ADA, E. FUOCO AND J. L. TREVOR Structure Determination of 4-Azido-2-pyrimidinone Nucleoside Analogs Using Mass Spectrometry P. P. WANG, L. P. KOTRA, C. K. CHU AND M. G. BARTLETT Vili CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 Collision-induced Dissociation of Protonated MK-0991: Novel Ring Opening of a Cyclic Hexapeptide in the Gas Phase X.-Z. QIN, Y. WU, Z. ZHAO AND X. CHEN Evaluation of Bumetanide as a Matrix for Prompt Fragmentation Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization and a Demonstration of Prompt Fragmentation/Post-source Decay Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry G. LAVINE AND J. ALLISON Imaging Time-of-flight Secondary lon Mass Spectrometry of Solid-phase Peptide Syntheses J.-L. AUBAGNAC, C. ENJALBAL, C. DROUOT, R. COMBARIEU AND J. MARTINEZ Intramolecular Proton Transfers in Stereoisomeric Gas-phase Ions and the Kinetic Nature of the Protonation Process upon Chemical Ionization V. VAIS, A. ETINGER AND A. MANDELBAUM Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometric Method for the Determination of Cannabinoid Precursors: N-Acylethanolamine Phospholipids (NAPEs) H. H. HANSEN, S. H. HANSEN, I. B]ORNSDOTTIR AND H. S. HANSEN Contrasting Behavior of Tetracene and Perylene in Collision-induced Dissociation: a Theoretical Interpretation P, FLEURAT-LESSARD, K. POINTET AND A. MILLIET JMS Letters Separation and Detection of Carcinogen-adducted Oligonucleotides D. T. ISBELL, A. I. GUSEV, N. I. TARANENKO, C. H. CHEN AND D. M. HERCULES Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 8 AUGUST 1999 Special Feature: Tutorial Determining the Gas-phase Properties and Reactivities of Multiply Charged Ions S. GRONERT Role of Hydrogen Migration in the Mechanism of Acetic Acid Elimination from MH* Ions of Acetates Upon Chemical Ionization and Collision-induced Dissociation I. KUZMENKOV, A. ETINGER AND A. MANDELBAUM Analysis of Saponins from Black Bean by Electrospray Ionization and Fast Atom Bombardment Tandem Mass Spectrometry M.-R. LEE, C.-M. CHEN, B.-H. HWANG AND L.-M. HSU Covalent and Non-covalent Dissociations of Gas-phase Complexes of Avoparcin and Bacterial Receptor Mimicking Precursor Peptides Studied by Collisionally Activated Decomposition Mass Spectrometry A. VAN DER KERK-VAN HOOF AND A. J. R. HECK Differentiation Between Isomeric Phenylglycidy! Ether Adducts of 2’-Deoxyguansosine and 2’-Deoxyguanosine-5’-Monophosphate Using Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry F, LEMIERE, K. VANHOUTTE, T. JONCKERS, R. MAREK, E. L. ESMANS, M. CLAEYS, E. VAN DEN EECKHOUT AND H. VAN ONCKELEN H-Transfer Rates in lon—Neutral Complexes Versus Those in Intact Aliphatic Ions J. C. TRAEGER, C. E. HUDSON AND D. J. MCADOO Determination of Cyclophosphamide and Ifosphamide in Urine at Trace Level by Gas Chromatography/ Tandem Mass Spectrometry N. SANNOLO, N. MIRAGLIA, M. BIGLIETTO, A. ACAMPORA AND A. MALORNI Insights into the C,H; Potential Energy Surface: Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Studies of lon—Molecule Reactions of D-Labeled Partners R. THISSEN, O. DUTUIT, H. E. AUDIER AND P. MOURGUES Theoretical Study of Deprotonated Glucopyranosy! Disaccharide Fragmentation B. MULRONEY, J. B. PEEL AND J. C. TRAEGER CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 Silver Cationization of Thia Fatty Acids and Esters in Laser Desorption/lonization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry S. OWEGA AND E. P. C. LAI Chromium(II) Interactions with Nucleosides and Nucleotides: a Mass Spectrometric Study K. P. MADHUSUDANAN, S. B. KATTI, R. VIAYALAKSHMI AND B. U. NAIR Measurement of Polymorphic Trinucleotide Repeats in the Androgen Receptor Gene by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flights Mass Spectrometry Y. WADA, K. MITSUMORI, T. TERACHI AND O. OGAWA Differential Non-destructive Image Current Detection in a Fourier Transform Quadrupole Ion Trap E. R. BADMAN, G. E. PATTERSON, J. M. WELLS, R. E. SANTINI AND R. G. COOKS Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 9 SEPTEMBER 1999 Editorial Obituary Allan Maccoll 1914—1999 Special Feature: Historical Organic Mass Spectrometry 337 nm Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization of Single Aerosol Particles L. HE AND K. K. MURRAY A Novel Rearrangement in the Gas Phase Under Electron Ionization for 3-Glycosyl-5-aryl-2-isoxazolines N. D’ACCORSO, M. FASCIO, C. G. ARABEHETY AND A. M. SELDES Application of Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/lonization Mass Spectrometry to the Detection of Melanins Formed From Dopa and Dopamine A. BERTAZZO, C. V. L. COSTA, G. ALLEGRI, D. FAVRETTO AND P. TRALDI Analysis of Phytochelatin-Cadmium Complexes from Plant Tissue Culture Using Nano-Electrospray Ionisation Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Capillary Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry T.-Y. YEN, J. A. VILLA AND J. G. DEWITT Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Ceramide Composition in Mono-, Di-, Tri-, and Tetraglycosylceramides from Mouse Kidney: an Experimental Model for Uropathogenic Escherichia coli B.-M. OLSSON, H. KARLSSON, T. LARSSON AND B. LANNE Mass Spectrometric Identification of a Stable Catalytic Cysteinesulfinic Acid Residue in an Enzymatically Active Chemically Modified Glucoamylase Mutant E. MIRGORODSKAYA, H.-P. FIEROBE, B. SVENSSON AND P. ROEPSTORFF Fragmentation of an Alkali Metal-attached Peptide Probed by Collision-induced Dissocation Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry and Computational Methodology M. J. TOMLINSON, J. R. SCOTT, C. L. WILKINS, J. B. WRIGHT AND W. E. WHITE Reactions of Silyl Cations with Ketones in the Gas Phase D. LEBLANC, H. E. AUDIER AND J. P. DENHEZ JMS Letters Reliable Molecular Weight Determination of Aromatic Nitro Compounds: Elimination of Gas-phase Reduction Occurring During Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization T. KARANCSI AND P. SLEGEL Mass Spectral Fragmentation of Tautomerizing N,N’-Diarylbenzamides E. D. RACZYNSKA AND Z. CHE Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 NUMBER 10 OCTOBER 1999 Special Feature: Tutorial lon Optics in Mass Snectrometers H. WOLLNIK Analysis of Alkenes by Copper Ion Chemical Ionization Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Gas Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry 1007 P. J. FORDHAM, J. CHAMOT-ROOKE, E. GIUDICE, J. TORTAJADA AND J.-P. MORIZUR Determination of L-753,037 in Human Plasma by Liquid Chromatography/Turbo Ionspray Tandem Mass Spectrometry J. J. ZHAO, I. XIE AND J. D. ROGERS Biomonitoring of Human Exposure of Methyl Bromide by Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry of Peptide Adducts N. SANNOLO, G. MAMONE, P. FERRANTI, A. BASILE AND A. MALORNI Gas-phase Fragmentation of Coordination Compounds: Loss of CO, from Inorganic Carbonato Complexes to give Metal Oxide Ions P. DALGAARD AND C. J. MCKENZIE Cerebroside Sulfate Activator Protein (Saposin B): Chromatographic and Electrospray Mass Spectrometric Properties 1040 K. F. FAULL, J. P. WHITELEGGE, J. HIGGINSON, T. TO, J. JOHNSON, A. N. KRUTCHINSKY, K. G. STANDING, A. J. WARING, R. L. STEVENS, C. B. FLUHARTY AND A. L. FLUHARTY Hydropathic Influences on the Quantification of Equine Heart Cytochrome c Using Relative Ion Abundance Measurements by Electrospray Ionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry 1055 E. F. GORDON, B. A. MANSOORI, C. F. CARROLL AND D. C. MUDDIMAN Key Fragments for Identification of Positional Isomer Pair in Glucuronides from the Hydroxylated Metabolities of RT-3003 (Vintoperol) by Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry 1063 H. YOSHITSUGU, T. FUKUHARA, M. ISHIBASHI, T. NANBO AND N. KAGI Electrospray Ionization of Neutral Metal Dithiocarbamate Complexes Using In-source Oxidation 1069 D. F. SCHOENER, M. A. OLSEN, P. G. CUMMINGS AND C. BASIC Identification of an Intact Sydnonimine Ring Depending on the Reaction Substituents of Mesocarb by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry J. LEE, H. JEUNG, K. KIM AND D.-S. LHO JMS Letters Preparative Mass Spectrometry with Electrospray Ionization G. SIUZDAK, T. HOLLENBECK AND B. BOTHNER High-resolution Infrared Laser Desorption/lonization and Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry of Synthetic Polymers R. CRAMER AND A. L. BURLINGAME Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 11 NOVEMBER 1999 Special Feature: Perspective Airborne Mass Spectrometers: Four Decades of Atmospheric and Space Research at the Air Force Research Laboratory A. A. VIGGIANO AND D. E. HUNTON 'SN Enrichment of Ammonium, Glutamine-amide and Urea, Measured via Mass Isotopomer Analysis of Hexamethylenetetramine 1130 D. YANG, M. A. PUCHOWICZ, F. DAVID, L. POWERS, M. L. HALPERIN AND H. BRUNENGRABER Mass Spectra of the 1,2-Alkylenedioxy-substituted and Related Benzofurazans and Benzofuroxans: Differentiation Between Linear and Angular Isomers I. M. TAKAKIS, G. G. TSANTALI, G. W. HAAS, D. GIBLIN AND M. L. GROSS CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 Evaluation of Charge Derivatization of a Proteolytic Protein Digest for Improved Mass Spectrometric Analysis: de Novo Sequencing by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Post-source Decay Mass Spectrometry T.-L. SHEN, Z.-H. HUANG, M. LAIVENIEKS, J. G. ZEIKUS, D. A. GAGE AND J. ALLISON Gas-phase Transuranium Chemistry: Reactions of Actinide Ions with Alcohols and Thiols J. K. GIBSON Fragmentation of Polyatomic Molecules by Grazing Incidence Surface-induced Dissociation (GI-SID) A. WIEGHAUS, L. SCHMIDT, A. M. POPOVA, V. V. KOMAROV AND H. JUNGCLAS Structure Elucidation of Three Isomeric Metabolites of SYN-2836, a Novel Antifungal Agent, in Dogs via Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methodologies H.-Z. BU, M. POGLOD, R. G. MICETICH AND J. K. KHAN Sequencing of Peptides Phosphorylated on Serines and Threonines by Post-source Decay in Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry R. HOFFMANN, S. METZGER, B. SPENGLER AND L. OTVOS, JR. JMS Letters Influence of Sample Preparation Methodology on the Reduction of Peptide Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization lon Signals by Surface—Peptide Binding C. CHEN, A. K. WALKER, Y. WU, R. B. TIMMONS AND G. R. KINSEI Diary Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry NUMBER 12 DECEMBER 1999 Special Feature: Tutorial Simulation of fon Trajectories in a Quadrupole lon Trap: a Comparison of Three Simulation Programs M. W. FORBES, M. SHARIFI, T. CROLEY, Z. LAUSEVIC AND R. E. MARCH Mass Spectrometry of 3,5- and 4,5-Dicaffeoylquinic Acids and Selected Derivatives P. MIKETOVA, K. H. SCHRAM, J. WHITNEY, E. H. KEARNS AND B. N. TIMMERMANN Fragmentation Reactions of Alkylphenylammonium Ions A. G. HARRISON lon—Molecule Reactions of Diumethyi Ether Cations with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer A. A. MOSI, R. H. SKELTON AND G. K. EIGENDORI JMS Letters Effect of Charge Derivatization in the Determination of Phosphorylation Sites in Peptides by Electrospray Ionization Collision-activated Dissociation Tandem Mass Spectrometry N. SADAGOPAN, M. MALONE AND J. THROCK WATSON Determination of the Sensitivity of an External Source Ion Trap Tandem Mass Spectrometer Using Dimethyl Ether Chemical Ionization H-F. WU AND Y-P. LIN Meeting Report The 17th Informal Meeting on Mass Spectrometry Unfolding Dynamics of a B-sheet Protein Studied by Mass Spectrometry S. J. EYLES, T. DRESCH, L. M. GIERASCH AND I. A. KALTASHO\ Gas-phase Ion—Molecule Reactions in Organophosphorus Esters J-F. GAL, M. HERREROS, P. C. MARIA, L. OPERTI, C. PETIGIANI, R. RABEZZANA AND G. A. VAGLIO Low-temperature Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectra of the Frozen Nitric Acid—Water Solution M. V. KOSEVICH, O. A. BORYAK, V. A. PASHINSKAYA AND V. S. SHELKOVSKY Identification of Factor C Protein from Streptomyces griseus by Microelectrospray Mass Spectrometry P. T. SZABO, Z. KELE, Z. BIRKO, F. SZESZAK, S. BIRO AND T. JANAKY Electrospray Mass Spectrometry of Phosphoramidites, a Group of Acid-labile Compounds Z. KELE, K. KUPIHAR, L. KOVAKS, T. JANAKY AND P. T. SZABO CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 Electron Impact Mass Spectra of Acetals of B-p-GlycopyranosyInitromethanes V. KOVACIK, V. PATOPRYSTY, E. LATTOVA, L. PETRUS, V. OVCHARENKO AND K. PIHLAJA Interaction Between Antitumor Drugs and a Double-stranded Oligonucleotide Studied by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry V. GABELICA, E. DE PAUW AND F. ROSU Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Monitoring Bacterial Protein Digestion in Yogurt L. FEDELE, R. SERAGLIA, B. BATTISTOTTI, C. PINELLI AND P. TRALDI Positive Chemical Ionization and Tandem Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation for the Gas Chromatographic Analysis of B-agonists using the Ion Trap Technique G. BIANCOTTO, R. ANGELETTI, P. TRALDI AND F. GUIDUGLI Reactions of Ionic Species from Acetronitrile with Long-chain Saturated and Unsaturated Alcohols G. MONETI, G. PIERACCINI, D. FAVRETTO AND P. TRALDI Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Mass Spectrometry of Bioactive Terpenoids in Ginko biloba L. P. MAURI, B. MIGLIAZZA AND P. PIETTA Minaturized Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer for Peptide and Oligonucleotide Analysis R. J. COTTER, C. FANCHER AND T. J. CORNISH Thermal Energy Distribution Observed in Electrospray Ionization L. DRAHOS, R. M. A. HEEREN, C. COLLETTE, E. DE PAUW AND K. VEKEY Informal Meeting Letters Electrospray Ionization in the Study of Polycondensation of Si(OEt), S. CRISTONI, L. ARMELAO, E. TONDELLO AND P. TRALDI Determination by Solid-phase Microextraction/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Bitumen Fumes During Road Paving P. AGOZZINO, G. AVELLONE, G. BOSCAINO AND S. MICELI Qualitative Characterization of Bacterial Strains Employed in the Production of Yogurt by Matrix- assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry L. FEDELE, R. SERAGLIA, B. BATTISTOTTI, C. PINELLI AND P. TRALDI Wide Band Isolation in an Ion Trap for the Analysis of Polychlorobiphenyls 1389 I. MORET, R. PIAZZA, A. GAMBARO, P. TRALDI AND F. GUIDUGLI Diary 1393 Current Literature in Mass Spectrometry 1394 Author Index 1400 Keyword Index 1403