PMID- 16921576 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070829 LR - 20060828 IS - 1076-5174 (Print) IS - 1076-5174 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 8 DP - 2006 Aug TI - DNA analysis by mass spectrometry-past, present and future. PG - 981-95 AB - The analysis of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) by mass spectrometry (MS) has evolved to where it can be used to analyze most known types of DNA and ribose nucleic acid (RNA) situations. It can efficiently deal with the analysis of DNA polymorphisms, sequences, haplotypes, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing, DNA methylation and RNA expression. Implementations of MS for these forms of DNA analyses are reviewed. The use of DNA analysis by MS is compared with competing technologies. Finally, an overview is given of worthwhile applications where the know-how gained so far could be used for future developments. CI - Copyright 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. FAU - Tost, Jorg AU - Tost J AD - Centre National de Genotypage, Batiment G2, 2 rue Gaston Cremieux, CP 5721, 91057 Evry Cedex, France. FAU - Gut, Ivo Glynne AU - Gut IG LA - eng PT - Historical Article PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - England TA - J Mass Spectrom JT - Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS JID - 9504818 RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - DNA/*analysis MH - DNA Methylation MH - Gene Expression MH - Genomics MH - Genotype MH - History, 20th Century MH - History, 21st Century MH - Humans MH - *Mass Spectrometry/history/trends MH - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/history/trends RF - 120 EDAT- 2006/08/22 09:00 MHDA- 2007/08/30 09:00 CRDT- 2006/08/22 09:00 PHST- 2006/08/22 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/08/30 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/08/22 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jms.1096 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mass Spectrom. 2006 Aug;41(8):981-95. doi: 10.1002/jms.1096.