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. 2015 Oct 13;112(41):12549-50.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1516878112. Epub 2015 Oct 1.

Illuminating the dark matter in metabolomics

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Illuminating the dark matter in metabolomics

Ricardo R da Silva et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Millions of MS/MS spectra can be generated on a natural sample, such as this coral reef, but the vast majority of spectra are from unknown molecules. CSI:FingerID can help illuminate the chemical dark matter.

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