A human who initiates or implementes a task. The person or company that manufactures an instrument, reagent or other product. This defines a broad class that includes any collection of data. It can hold other data collections, it can hold parameters, which are defined as atomic objects in ProPreO (i.e., parameters cannot be further subdivided.) [Will & Satya 02/15/06] 0 A parameter associated with an electrospray ionization source. A chemical compound composed of at least one cation (positive ion) and at least one anion (negative ion). A collection of parameters controlling the operation of the analyzer of a mass spectrometer [James & Satya: 02/24/05] A typical mass spectral data pair consisting of a mass-to-charge (m/z) ratio and the abundance associated with that ratio A parameter used in the annotation of data A data collection that is used or generated by a database search with ms, ms-ms data The family of application software developed by Agilent for processing HPLC data. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A part of a scientific instrument. Many instruments are modular, assembled by combining several interacting components. The simulation of data from input data. For example, simulation of a theoretical spectrum from a chemical composition. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] A parameter that specifies the unique identifier that refers to a particular gene or other nucleotide sequence in the RefSeq system. URL: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/RefSeq/key.html [Dr. York & Satya: 06/23/05] The task of transforming one encoding type into another. For example, binary to ascii. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] TODO: Find out the various formats, softwares used... A data collection generated by a processing raw gel electrophoresis data. This data will include, for example 1. Spot location 2. Spot Intensity 3. Spot Identity [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] A collection of computational parameters required to process ms or ms-ms data [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A parameter that defines the units used to describe the intensity of a laser pulse A data collection that is generated by a Spectrum Mill database search with ms, ms-ms data [James & Satya: 03/29/05] This describes the task of transforming a given glycan structure from one representation format into another. For example from LINUCS to GLYDE. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] A parameter that is measured during an HPLC experiment - E.G. the detector signal intensity at a particular time. A parameter that specifies the unique identifier for a particular protein in the PDB database. URL: http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/ [Dr. York & Satya: 06/14/05] The process of separating components by size-exclusion chromatography. The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] Electrospray source for flow rates < 3 microlitres/min. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A High Performance Liquid Chromatograph manufactured by Agilent Technologies. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] The collection of processing parameters used by Proteinlynx when converting a ms/ms survey '.raw' file into a '.pkl' or a '.dta' file, when using Proteinlynx. [James & Satya: 04/01/05] A mass spectrometer that can perform both MS and MS/MS analysis. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A single time-point generated by an HPLC experiment - This corresponds to a pair of parameters, the internal HPLC time and the detector signal at that time. A parameter that describes the detection wavelength of the HPLC detector, which may be either an absorbance detector or a fluorescence detector. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] This describes the tranformation of a given peptide sequence from one format into another. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A data collection used or generated by a high performance liquid chromatography experiment A type of MS analyzer 0 The second component of a semantic Universal Resource Identifier (semURI) module. This identifies a specific instance (within the context of a provenance chain) of a SemURI concept. It is important to note that the same SemURI_instance_ID can be used for two distinct instances of the same concept, as long as the two instances are not present at the same location of a single provenance chain. This allows the SemURI_instance_ID to be short and still insures that the SemURI as a whole is unique. Uniqueness stems from the entire SemURI, which consists of several SemURI modules. That is, two SemURIs can be unique even if they share a common SemURI module, just as two words can be unique even if they share a common letter of series of letters. [will & satya 03/03/06] A type of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A parameter that identifies a molecule or molecular aggergate. A type of HPLC pump. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] An instrument that measures the transmittance of ultraviolet light through a sample (usually a liquid). A diverse group of prokaryotic organisms, distinct from the Archaea. A parameter that specifies the unique identifier for a particular protein in the RefSeq system. URL: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/RefSeq/ [Dr. York & Satya: 06/14/05] An enzyme is a protein or protein complex that catalyzes a specific set of chemical reactions. An ion, generated in a mass spectrometer, that is subsequently dissociated into fragment ions in an MS/MS experiment A parameter that describes some aspect of part of an organism that was used as the source of a biological_sample or biomolecule. A biological source parameter refers to, for example, a species, organ, cell type, life-cycle stage, develomental stage, etc. Within the context of ProPreO, biological source parameters are meant to describe laboratory samples that are analyzed by or used in proteomics or glycoproteomics methods. A parameter that specifies the unique glycan identifier in SWEETDB. URL: http://www.glycosciences.de/sweetdb/index.php [Dr. York & Satya: 06/13/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A chemical agent is a chemical or molecule (such as an enzyme) that implements or initiates a molecular process. The complex task of quantifying the components of a mixture. This may involve, for example, HPLC of the mixture (i.e. separate_by_HPLC) followed by computational peak picking and signal integration (i.e., quantify_data). 0 A parameter that defines the type of TOF analyzer. It may either be: a) Reflectron or b) Linear [James & Satya: 02/24/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A parameter that is used to control the execution of a task, such as a physical parameter required for recording a mass spectrum or a computational parameter for processing a data set. The task of transforming the format of data, usually creating a new data file with either new file format or data encoding. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] 0 A parameter that identifies the elution buffer used in HPLC. A mixture of buffers is often prepared in a mixing device to form a time-dependent elution gradient. The HPLC_buffer parameter is a substance identifier, which points to an instance of "solution". A "solution" is_described_by one or more mixture_component_descriptor(s), each of which has two parts: the component_amount and a substance_identifier that specifies the identity of the component. This is a flexible way of describing solutions. For example, a solution can be described as a mixture of two other solutions (e.g., buffer A and buffer B), in which case the mixture_component_descriptor(s) each specify the identity and amount of each of these buffers. Alternatively, a solution can be described according to the concentrations of its solutes (molecules), each of which is specified by a mixture_component_descriptor. In this case, complete description of the solution requires that the solvent be specified using the property has_solvent, which points to an instance of the class "solvent". [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A parameter that defines the voltage applied to the ESI capillary. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] A parameter describing the identities of chemical elements and the number of atoms of each element that constitute a molecule. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] 0 A parameter describing the index (within the parent protein) of the C- terminus of a fragment peptide. [will & satya 04/25/06] A parameter that defines the operating state of the mass spectrometer analyzer during data collection [Will & Satya 02/15/06] A data collection (chromatogram) generated by an HPLC experiment - This describes, two-column data which are signal vs time. The data columns are in XML. [James & Satya: 03/29/05] A parameter describing the amount of a substance in absolute terms (total mass, total volume, total number of moles, as appropriate). [will & satya 04/13/06] A data collection that is classified according to the process that uses/creates/generates it. A data collection produced by performing PEAKKS denovo sequecing. [James & Satya: 03/29/05] A type of HPLC column Application software developed by Bruker Daltonics for processing mass spectrometer data. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A fluorescence spectrometer measures the intensity of light that is re-emitted by a fluorescent molecule. An HPLC component that is used for manual injection of the sample onto the column. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A type of HPLC column A task involved in the processing of data by a computational application. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] A parameter that defines the number of laser shots in a MALDI experiment. This is a pure integer (no units). [James & Satya: 02/24/05] 0 A parameter that specifies the unique identifier for a glycan instance in glycan domain ontology: GlycO. URL: http://lsdis.cs.uga.edu/projects/glycomics/glyco/ [Dr. York & Satya: 06/13/05] A data collection that is generated by a Sequest database search with ms, ms-ms data [James & Satya: 03/29/05] A parameter describing the measured charge of a particular ion. A parameter that describes the excitation wavelength of a fluorescence HPLC detector. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A collection of parameters that describe the solvent gradient for an HPLC run [Dr. York & Satya: 05/17/05] A type of tandem_mass_spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A type of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A data collection generated by a gel electrophoresis experiment Describes the pH at which a zwitter ionic molecule has no charge also called pI. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] The complex task of identifhying the components of a mixture. This may involve, for example, HPLC of the mixture (i.e. separate_by_HPLC) followed by computational peak picking and peak matching (i.e., classify_data). Tthe physical task of running a mass spectrometer on a specific sample and recording the resulting spectra. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] A parameter defining the physical units of potential, such as electrical potential, gravitational potential, etc. Potentials generally have units "energy per amount", for example volts are Joules per Coulomb Defines type of tandem mass spectrometer. Tandem time-of-flight spectrometer can perform ms and ms/ms type of analysis. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A parameter that defines the center of the mass range or the center of the calibration curve for the given mass range. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] A biological species, such as Homo sapiens or Arabidopsis thaliana. The taxonomic classification of a biological species are modeled in other ontologies. http://obo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?ncbi_taxonomy http://obo.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?newt Instances of specific organisms may be specified iwithin ProPreO, but their complete systematic taxonomy should be found in these other ontologies. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] A parameter describing the measured chemical mass of a particularmolecule or ion. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/13/05] A parameter that is used by an application that processes mass spectral data A solvent molecule that does not contain carbon, e.g., water. A biomolecule composed of amino acids connected by amide bonds. In ProPreO, a protein is distinguished from an oligopeptide mainly by its size (proteins are larger, and so are polypeptides rather than oligopeptides) . [Dr. York & Satya: 06/10/05] polypeptide A parameter describing the theoretical (calculated) monoisotopic mass of a particular molecule or ion. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/13/05] A parameter that defines the operating state of the chromatograph during data collection A parameter that defines the operating state of the mass spectrometer during data collection c A parameter that defines the length of time for an MS or MS-MS scan. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] A parameter describing the units of electrical potential A collection of parameters required to perform or analyze an HPLC run. [Dr. York & Satya: 05/17/05] This is for self-manufactured or modified that are not found under the mass spectrometer instruments. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] A type of HPLC autosampler. A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] An individual molecule, categorized according to a few broadly defined classes. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/10/05] A parameter that specifies the unique identifier for a glycan structure in the CARBANK database. URL: http://bssv01.lancs.ac.uk/gig/pages/gag/carbbank.htm#ccsd [Dr. York & Satya: 06/14/05] A mixture in the form of a homogeneous liquid contaning a solvent and at least one solute. A "solution" is_described_by one or more mixture_component_descriptor(s), each of which has two parts: the component_amount and a substance_identifier that specifies the identity of the component. This is a flexible way of describing solutions. For example, a solution can be described as a mixture of two other solutions (e.g., buffer A and buffer B), in which case the mixture_component_descriptor(s) each specify the identity and amount of each of these buffers. Alternatively, a solution can be described according to the concentrations of its solutes (dissolved molecules), each of which is specified by a mixture_component_descriptor. In this case, complete description of the solution requires that the solvent be specified using the property has_solvent, which points to an instance of the class "solvent". [Satya & Will 03/02/06] A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] This is a Mascot specific result file, produced from a database search - it is in text format. The sections of the file are delimited by a unique ID string and a Content-Type specification. [James & Satya: 03/29/05] A parameter describing the sequence of residues in a biopolymer. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] A parameter describing the theoretical abundance of a particular ion. 2 This describes the two-component, basic building block of the Semantic URI provenance scheme. The two components are: 1- SemURI_concept_ID 2- SemURI_instance_ID [will & satya 03/03/06] A parameter describing the properties of an ion. An electrically charged chemical species, which may be a single atom (e.g., Na+), or many atoms (e.g., NH4+). The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A parameter describing the amount of a substance in a mixture. This is expressed as some sort of fractional amount, such as weight percent, molarity, etc. A task that combines both physical and computational tasks. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] For for > microlitre/min flow rates. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] An object manufactured to perform a specfic task. Examples are bolts (which hold other objects together), computers (which execute software), and mass spectrometers (which separate and count ions based on their mass to charge ratios). A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A type of tandem_mass_spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A type of HPLC detector. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A parameter defining the physical units of time A type of HPLC column Application software developed by Agilent for processing mass spectrometer data. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] An organism whose cells contain a nucleus and internal membranes. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] A type of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A data collection that is generated by a database search with ms, ms-ms data [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A parameter defining the physical units of time A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A parameter that is classified according to the process that uses/creates/generates it. [will & satya 02/17/06] A parameter that specifies the identifier for a glycan record in the CARBANK database. URL: ftp://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/repository/carbbank/ [Dr. York & Satya: 06/14/05] Describes the molecular mass of a molecule or ion . [Dr. York & Satya: 06/13/05] 1 A parameter describing the amount of a particular substance in a solution. The mass-volume percent of the substance is usually expressed as the number of grams of the substance divided by the number of milliliters of the solution, all divided by 100. Sometimes the mass-volume percent is abbreviated %w/v. Defines the type of source. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] A parameter describing the sequence of amino acid residues of a peptide or protein. Amino acids are listed starting at the N-terminus and continuing to the C-terminus using standard one-letter amino acid nomenclature. The name of the amino acid sequence is same as the sequence string. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/10/05] A computational task involving the reordering of data elements according to a specific set of criteria. A type of HPLC pump. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A matrix-containing tube that is used for high-performance liquid chromatography. The sample is separated into its components by injecting it into the column and elutimng with a solvent or buffer. A parameter that defines the operating state of the mass spectrometer ion source during data collection [Will & Satya 02/15/06] A data collection produced by performing Proteinlynx denovo sequecing. [James & Satya: 03/29/05] A parameter that defines the analyzer mode associated with a MS experiment. This parameter can have values of positive or negative. It describes the charge of the ions that are detected. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] A data collection generated by a gel electrophoresis experiment - this corresponds to an image of the gel, stored in a file format. [James & Satya: 03/29/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] 0 The first component of a semantic Universal Resource Identifier (semURI) module. Each instance of this parameter maps the module to a specific concept in ProPreO. [will & satya 03/03/06] A parameter defining the physical units of power A computational task involving the identification of specific data elements and their replacement by another data element. A collection of parameters required to perform a database search with ms, ms-ms data. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A parameter that specifies the organ from which the biological sample is taken. A data collection used or generated by a mass spectrometry experiment A pair of parameters that describes the amount of a particular component of a mixture. For example "0.5 M NaCl" describes the amount of sodium chloride in a solution - there are two parts to this description - 0.5 M specifies the amount (half molar) - NaCl identifies the component that is present at that concentration. 2 A type of HPLC column The computational simulation of the structure, physical properties or behavior of a molecule, such as conformational trajectory or reaction kinetics. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] A data collection generated by a mass spectrometer or mass spectral data processing application A parameter that is measured during an MS experiment - E.G. the abundance of an ion having a particular m/z value. A parameter defining the physical units of concentration A parameter that describes the injuection loop volume for an HPLC experiment. Following a Mascot db search, the data is saved in a HTML format. The results may further be converted into other representation formats. [James & Satya: 03/29/05] A data collection that is generated by a Matrix Science Mascot database search with ms, ms-ms data A type of HPLC column A parameter describing the sequence of nucleotides in an RNA molecule. Nucleotides are listed from the 5' end to the 3' end. A parameter describing the theoretical (calculated) mass of a particular molecule or ion. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] A string parameter that contains the URL of a data file. A type of HPLC pump. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A parameter describing the theoretical charge of a particular ion. A string parameter that specifies the location of a resource (such as a data file) on the internet - I.e., a Universal Resource Locator The task of processing data using computational applications. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A Matrix-Assisted-Laser-Desorption-Time-of-Flight mass spectrometer. Such a spectrometer contains a MALDI source and a TOF analyzer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A type of HPLC autosampler. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A parameter that describes the detector signal measured at a particular time of an HPLC experiment. A parameter describing the (measured or theoretical) charge of a particular ion. A type of HPLC pump. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A type of MS analyzer Application software developed by Applied Bio Systems for processing mass spectrometer data. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] 1 Describes the molecule, its properties, origin etc. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/13/05] A collection of parameters required to perform a task that generates or processes mass spectral data A collection of parameters required to perform a gel electrophoresis experiment. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] The collection of processing parameters used by Proteinlynx when converting a electrospray '.raw' file into a '.pkl' or a '.dta' file, when using Proteinlynx. [James & Satya: 04/01/05] The task of recording raw data using an analytical instrument. [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] A parameter that describes the time (measured from the start of the experiment) within a HPLC experiment that an event occurs. This time parameter can be associated, for example, with a signal intensity or a buffer gradient condition. An HPLC fraction collector that directs the eluant from an microscale HPLC experiment. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A type of HPLC detector. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] This task converts a raw mass spec data file into the mzXML format. Organisms, including the Crenarchaeota, Euryarchaeota and Korarchaeota, with a cell structure that is similar to other prokaryotes, but with some biochemical features that are similar to eukaryotes, some similar to bacteria, and some unique to archaea. A collection of mass spectral data that has NOT been computationally processed in any way. That is, the raw output from the mass spectrometer. These may be of multiple formats [James & Satya: 03/22/05] Application software developed by Agilent for processing mass spectrometer data. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A parameter defining the physical units of mass A solvent molecule that contains carbon, e.g., methanol. A task that is performed by a human or physical instrument working on a physical sample. The solvent of a solution, consisting of many copies of the solvent molecule. A parameter that is used by a data processing application A type of HPLC pump. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A component of a hgh-performance liquid chromatograph A data collection consisting of a list of precursor ion masses and associated fragment ion masses from an ms/ms experiment. PSD peak lists exported from Grams as .PKS files contain data from a single PSD spectrum. Since the .PKS format does not include details of the precursor peptide m/z, this information must be entered manually into the PRECURSOR and CHARGE form fields. This limitation also means that multiple spectra cannot be merged into a single data file. (Reference: http://www.matrixscience.com/help/data_file_help.html#QTOF) [James & Satya: 03/27/05] The raw data output from this instrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] The computational processing in which data elements are matched to a spcific group to which they belong. This includes: a) identifying molecules associated with experimental data features such as ion masses (e.g., MASCOT analysis) b) categorize features in data using a set of parameters. For example, distinguish peptides from glycopeptides [Dr. York & Satya: 11/21/05] This describes collections of experimental (measured) data, either raw or processed. Such data can serve as the input to a data processing task or the output of an experimental measurement or computational task. Class of related proteolytic enzymes that cleave after basic amino acids K & R except when followed by P. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] A molecular aggregate composed of more than one type of molecule. A mixture is_described_by one or more mixture_component_descriptor(s), each of which has two parts: the component_amount and a substance_identifier that specifies the component itself. Separate components of a mixture by filtration. The filter allows some components to pass through while retaining other components. A parameter describing the amount of a particular substance in a mixture. The mass percent of the substance is its percent contribution to the total mass of the mixture. Sometimes mass percent is called weight/weight percent, and abbreviated %w/w. An analytical instrument is a piece of hardware designed to measure a parameter or analyze a sample. A type of tandem_mass_spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A data collection (chromatogram) generated by an HPLC experiment -This typically consists of a collection of time/signal intensity pairs [James & Satya: 03/29/05] Application software used in processing/manipulating data. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A collection of instrumental parameters required to record mass spectral data [James & Satya: 03/27/05] The raw data output from this instrument. [James & Satya: 03/22/05] An aggregate of molecules, which may or may not be homogeneous. E.G.: a liter of water (homogeneous) a pound of wheat flour (heterogeneous) a milligram of extracted protein (heterogeneous) [will & satya 03/02/06] A parameter that describes a physical substance such as a buffer, gas etc. An experimentally measured parameter, either raw or processed. (E.G., signal intensity) A collection of such parameters can serve as the input to a data processing task or the output of an experimental measurement or computational task. A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] Separate components of a mixture by dialysis. The dialysis membrane allows some components to pass through while retaining other components. A type of tandem_mass_spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A molecular aggragate that is used in a MALDI source. The MALDI matrix absorbs energy from the laser, and this energy promotes transfer to the gas phase and ionizaton of the analyte. A parameter that corresponds to the CHEBI ID from the ChEBI Ontology http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/ An organism whose cells do not have a nucleus or internal membranes. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] The raw data output from this intrument. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] The process of separating components by high-performance liquid chromatography. A collection of mass spectral data that has NOT been computationally processed, except that it has been converted to mzXML format A parameter describing the index (within the parent protein) of the N- terminus of a fragment peptide. [will & satya 04/25/06] A parameter that defines the maximum mass range associated with a MS experiment. Mass range is determined by the user and the instrument. It typically has a value from 0 to 500,000. [James & Satya: 02/24/05] A collection of parameters that defines a HPLC run time and the associated buffer mixture that comprises the eluent at that time. It can have multiple values of component portion for that time value. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] The collection of processing parameters used by Proteinlynx when converting a MALDI '.raw' file into a '.pkl' or a '.dta' file, when using Proteinlynx. [James & Satya: 04/01/05] A parameter describing the amount of a particular substance in a mixture. The volume percent of the substance is its percent contribution to the total volume of the mixture. Sometimes volume percent is called volume/volume percent, and abbreviated %v/v. A parameter describing the identity or a physical property of a molecule. [James & Satya: 04/01/05] A parameter that is used/created/generated during the acquisition or processing of HPLC data a data collection that is used to annotate other data A parameter that describes the eluant flow rate for an HPLC experiment. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A collection of mass spectral data that has NOT been computationally processed, except that its digital format has been modified A biomolecule composed of glycosyl residues. A glycan is a type of carbohydrate molecule. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/10/05] A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] a data collection that describes the physical substances such as buffers, gases etc. An HPLC instrument component that directs the eluant from the HPLC column to a series of separate vessels (tubes of wells). The collector may direct the eluant to different vessels based on elution time, detector response, or some other criterion. A type of HPLC detector. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A collection of mass spectral data that has been computationally processed - E.G. a peak list [James & Satya: 03/22/05] A component of a mass spectrometer A protein that catalyzes the cleavage of peptide bonds in proteins to generate peptides. [Dr. York & Satya: 06/28/05] A type of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A type of HPLC detector. [James & Satya: 01/31/05] A type of tandem mass spectrometer. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] Application software developed by ThermoElectron for processing mass spectrometer data. [James & Satya: 03/27/05] A type of HPLC column