title: Focus on plant proteomics.
abstract: Proteomics covers the systematic analysis of proteins expressed by a genome, from the identification of their primary amino-acid sequence to the determination of their relative amounts, their state of modification and association with other proteins or molecules of different types. Tremendous progress has been made in this field in the past few years, especially in plant biology, mostly due to major developments of mass spectrometry dedicated to protein analyses and advanced information technology. The aim of this special issue of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry devoted to Plant Proteomics is not to present a comprehensive coverage of this rapidly expanding field but to focus on the representation of some key aspects to illustrate the importance of proteomics in plant functional genomics.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences du Végétal, UPR 2355, CNRS, Bât 22, avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette cedex, France. helene.brygoo@isv.cnrs-gif.fr
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barbier-Brygoo
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Joyard
mesh_terms: D018745:Genome, Plant; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D020543:Proteome; D040901:Proteomics
chemical_list: D020543:Proteome