Concepts in Plant Metabolomics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nikolau, Basil J. (Editor), Wurtele, Eve Syrkin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Biochemical engineering.; Biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Biochemistry, general.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Biochemical Engineering.

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 cellula...