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tyrosine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 8428–8429 (2007)
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B., Petersen, M.A.: Absorption of schiff-base retinal chromophores in vacuo. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 127, 12347–12350 (2005)
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22. Compagnon, I., Allouche, A.-R., Bertorelle, F., Antoine, R., Dugourd, P.: Photodetachment of
tryptophan anion: an optical probe of remote electron. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12,
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phenylalanine. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 5908–5918 (2008)
25. Bellina, B., Compagnon, I., Houver, S., Maitre, P., Allouche, A.-R., Antoine, R., Dugourd, P.:
Spectroscopic signatures of peptides containing tryptophan radical cations. Angew. Chem. Int.
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1446–1451 (1993)
27. Clemmer, D.E., Jarrold, M.F.: Ion mobility measurements and their applications to clusters
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8. Talbot, F.O., Tabarin, T., Antoine, R., Broyer, M., Dugourd, P.: Photo-dissociation spectroscopy of trapped protonated tryptophan. J. Chem. Phys. 122, 074310 (2005)
9. Larraillet, V., Antoine, R., Dugourd, P., Lemoine, J.: Activated-electron photodetachment
dissociation for the structural characterization of protein polyanions. Anal. Chem. 81,
8410–8416 (2009)
10. Brunet, C., Antoine, R., Allouche, A.R., Dugourd, P., Canon, F., Giuliani, A., Nahon, L.: Gas
phase photo-formation and vacuum UV photofragmentation spectroscopy of tryptophan and
tyrosine radical-containing peptides. J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 8933–8939 (2011)
11. Dunbar, R.C.: Photodissociation of CH 3 Cl
+ and N 2 O
+ cations. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 93,
4354–4358 (1971)
12. Fujihara, A., Matsumoto, H., Shibata, Y., Ishikawa, H., Fuke, K.: Photodissociation and
spectroscopic study of cold protonated dipeptides. J. Phys. Chem. A 112, 1457–1463 (2008)
13. Terasaki, A., Majima, T., Kondow, T.: Photon-trap spectroscopy of mass-selected ions in an
ion trap: optical absorption and magneto-optical effects. J. Chem. Phys. 127, 231101 (2007)
14. Iavarone, A.T., Duft, D., Parks, J.H.: Shedding light on biomolecule conformational dynamics
using fluorescence measurements of trapped ions. J. Phys. Chem. A 110, 12714–12727 (2006)
15. Sobolewski, A.L., Domcke, W., Dedonder-Lardeux, C., Jouvet, C.: Excited-state hydrogen
detachment and hydrogen transfer driven by repulsive (1)pi sigma* states: a new paradigm for
nonradiative decay in aromatic biomolecules. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 4, 1093–1100 (2002)
16. Joly, L., Antoine, R., Broyer, M., Lemoine, J., Dugourd, P.: Electron photodetachment from
gas phase peptide dianions. Relation with optical absorption properties. J. Phys. Chem. A 112,
898–903 (2008)
17. Wang, L.-S., Wang, X.-B.: Probing free multiply charged anions using photodetachment
photoelectron spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. A 104, 1978–1990 (2000)
18. Bellina, B., Compagnon, I., Joly, L., Albrieux, F., Allouche, A.R., Bertorelle, F., Lemoine, J.,
Antoine, R., Dugourd, P.: UV spectroscopy of entire proteins in the gas phase. Int. J. Mass
Spectrom. 297, 36–40 (2010)
19. Joly, L., Antoine, R., Allouche, A.R., Broyer, M., Lemoine, J., Dugourd, P.: Ultraviolet
spectroscopy of peptide and protein polyanions in vacuo: signature of the ionization state of
tyrosine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 8428–8429 (2007)
20. Andersen, L.H., Nielsen, I.B., Kristensen, M.B., El Ghazaly, M.O.A., Haacke, S., Nielsen, M.
B., Petersen, M.A.: Absorption of schiff-base retinal chromophores in vacuo. J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 127, 12347–12350 (2005)
21. Joly, L., Antoine, R., Allouche, A.-R., Dugourd, P.: Formation and spectroscopy of a tryptophan radical containing peptide in the gas phase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 13832–13833 (2008)
22. Compagnon, I., Allouche, A.-R., Bertorelle, F., Antoine, R., Dugourd, P.: Photodetachment of
tryptophan anion: an optical probe of remote electron. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 12,
3399–3403 (2010)
23. Crespo, A., Turjanski, A.G., Estrin, D.A.: Electronic spectra of indolyl radicals: a timedependent DFT study. Chem. Phys. Lett. 365, 15–21 (2002)
24. Siu, C.-K., Ke, Y., Guo, Y., Hopkinson, A.C., Siu, K.W.M.: Dissociations of copper(II)containing complexes of aromatic amino-acids: radical cations of tryptophan, tyrosine, and
phenylalanine. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 5908–5918 (2008)
25. Bellina, B., Compagnon, I., Houver, S., Maitre, P., Allouche, A.-R., Antoine, R., Dugourd, P.:
Spectroscopic signatures of peptides containing tryptophan radical cations. Angew. Chem. Int.
Ed. 50, 11430–11432 (2011)
26. Bowers, M.T., Kemper, P.R., von Helden, G., van Koppen, P.A.M.: Gas-phase ion chromatography: transition metal state selection and carbon cluster formation. Science 260,
1446–1451 (1993)
27. Clemmer, D.E., Jarrold, M.F.: Ion mobility measurements and their applications to clusters
and biomolecules. J. Mass Spectrom. 32, 577–592 (1997)
152
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