Plant Lipidomics: Discerning Biological Function by Profiling Plant Complex Lipids Using Mass Spectrometry

Xuemin Wang, Ruth Welti, Jyotika Shah, Weiqi Li, Maoyin Li, Junping Chen, John J Burke, Marie-Laure Fauconnier, Kent Chapman, Mee-Len Chye

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Abstract

Since 2002, plant biologists have begun to apply mass spectrometry to the comprehensive analysis of complex lipids. Such lipidomic analyses have been used to uncover roles for lipids in plant response to stresses and to identify in vivo functions of genes involved in lipid metabolism.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalFrontiers In Bioscience
Volume12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2007

Disciplines

  • Biology

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