The use of metabolomics to dissect plant responses to abiotic stresses

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3225-3243

  Obata, Toshihiro ^a   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Branched chain amino acid; Enzyme complex; Metabolic response; Metabolomics; Plants

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; POLYAMINE; PROLINE;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; ION STRESS; LIGHT STRESS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT METABOLISM; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE STRESS; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WATER STRESS;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON; LIGHT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLOMICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 84866369780     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1091-5     Document Type: Review

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