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What best summarizes the MALDI method by which gas phase ions are produced for mass spectrometry?(a) Sample is hit by a low energy xenon beam(b) Sample is forced through a narrow capillary tube and the solvent rapidly evaporates(c) Sample is embedded in a crystalline matrix and bombarded by laser beams(d) Sample is heated and then bombarded by electronsThe question was asked in an interview.Query is from Protein Sequences and Evolution topic in division Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins of Biochemistry

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Right answer is (C) Sample is embedded in a crystalline matrix and BOMBARDED by laser beams

The best explanation: MALDI, the term itself is an abbreviation for Matrix ASSISTED Laser Desorption or IONIZATION.



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