Concepts in Plant Metabolomics [Paperback]

Like genomics, which defines genes in a genome irrespective of functionality, metabolomics profiles all metabolites in a biological sample irrespective of the chemical and physical properties of these molecules. Metabolomics can potentially define cellular processes by providing a measure of the ultimate phenotype of an organism, characterized by the collage of small molecules whose levels of accumulation is altered in response to genetic and environmentally induced changes in gene expression.

Analogous to genomics, which defines all genes in a genome irrespective of their functionality, metabolomics seeks to profile all metabolites in a biological sample irrespective of the chemical and physical properties of these molecules.

Metabolomics has the potential of defining cellular processes as it provides a measure of the ultimate phenotype of an organism, as defined by the collage of small molecules, whose levels of accumulation is altered in response to genetic and environmentally induced changes in gene expression.

This book presents a guide for new practitioners of metabolomics, providing insights as to the current use and applications of metabolomics.

Preface:1.Validated High Quality Automated Metabolome Analysis of Arabidopsis Thaliana Leaf Disks Quality Control Charts and Standard Operating Procedures; O. Fiehn.- 2.GC-MS Peak Labeling Under ArMet; H. Jenkins et al.- 3.Metabolomics and Plant Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis  The Optimum Genetical Genomics Platform?; D. J. Kliebenstein.- 4.Design of Metabolite Recovery by Variations of the Metabolite Profiling Protocol; C. Birkemeyer & J. Kopka.- 5. Uncovering the Plant Metabolome: Current and Future Challenges; U. Roessner-Tunali.- 6.Lipidomics: ESI-MS/MS-Based Profiling to Determine the Function of Genes Involved in Metabolism of Complex Lipids;R. Welti, et cal.- 7.Time-Series Integrated MetabollÒ