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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Anal Chem (Palo Alto Calif). 2014 Jun 2;7(1):113–128. doi: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071213-015959

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Fundamentals of mass spectrometry. (a) A mass spectrometer consists of four components: a sample inlet, an ion source, a mass analyzer, and a detector. (b) Precursor ions are scanned in MS1. (c) Some precursor ions are selected, fragmented, and scanned in MS2. Pr (Propionylation), Ac (Acetylation).