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PLANT METABOLOMICS APPLICATIONS IN THE BRASSICACEAE: ADDED VALUE FOR SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
Article number
867_24
Pages
191 – 206
Language
English
Abstract
Crops from the family Brassicaceae represent a diverse and very interesting group of plants.
In addition, their close relationship with the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, makes combined research on these species both scientifically valuable and of considerable commercial importance.
In the post-genomics era, much effort is being placed on expanding our capacity to use advanced technologies such as proteomics and metabolomics, to broaden our knowledge of the molecular organization of plants and how genetic differences are translated into phenotypic ones.
Metabolomics in particular is gaining much attention mainly due both to the comprehensiveness of the technology and also the potentially close relationship between biochemical composition (including human health-related phytochemicals) and phenotype.
In this short review, a brief introduction to the main metabolomics technologies is given taking examples from research on the Brassicaceae for illustration.
In addition, their close relationship with the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, makes combined research on these species both scientifically valuable and of considerable commercial importance.
In the post-genomics era, much effort is being placed on expanding our capacity to use advanced technologies such as proteomics and metabolomics, to broaden our knowledge of the molecular organization of plants and how genetic differences are translated into phenotypic ones.
Metabolomics in particular is gaining much attention mainly due both to the comprehensiveness of the technology and also the potentially close relationship between biochemical composition (including human health-related phytochemicals) and phenotype.
In this short review, a brief introduction to the main metabolomics technologies is given taking examples from research on the Brassicaceae for illustration.
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Authors
R.D. Hall, R.C.H. de Vos, J.L. Ward
Keywords
Brassica, Arabidopsis, metabolomics, mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance
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