Label-free cell assays to determine compound uptake or drug action using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Melissa S. Unger, Martina Blank, Thomas Enzlein, Carsten Hopf

Published: 2021-11-09 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-021-00624-z

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Cell-based assays for compound screening and profiling are fundamentally important in life sciences, chemical biology and pharmaceutical research. Most cell assays measure the amount of a single reporter molecule or cellular endpoint, and require the use
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