Post-genome Study----Proteomics.
The human genome project was launched in 1990. Although only 3% of the total DNA sequence have been analyzed, the study of the functional genome is already on the agenda and the post genomic era is already with us. The aim of the new era, the era of the proteomics, is to elucidate the expression, structure and function of all the proteins which are after all responsible for life's activities. The main techniques for the separation and identification of all the expressed proteins are two-dimentional gel electrophoresis, two-dimentional HPLC, mass spectrometry and bioinformatics. Proteome research is not only the major task in life sciences facing us in the 21st century, but also has far reaching implications in innovations for medicine, agriculture and industrial production.
Wang
Chih-Chen
CC
National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. chihwang@sun5.ibp.ac.cn
Tsou
Chen-Lu
CL