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Hello and good day. I am using a Q Exactive Plus and in the experiment pane for a Full MS / ddMS2 (TopN) there are three settings for the automatic gain control (AGC), the number of ions to be in...
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I have a maltose binding fusion protein being purified with the MBPTrap column (GE). I get very little protein (less than 1 mg from a 400 mL E. coli BL21 (DE3) culture) during the elution step...
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