Analysis of a Single Fly Using Mass Spectrometry (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Analysis of a Single Fly Using Mass Spectrometry

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Analysis of a single fly using mass spectrometry. The fly is held by forceps in the mass spectrometer inlet. This form of analysis revealed that knockdown of spidey resulted in a near-complete loss of hydrophobic waxes on the insect surface.

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Chiang, et al. (2016)

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