Metabolites 2013, 3(3), 761-786; doi:10.3390/metabo3030761
Coordinating Metabolite Changes with Our Perception of Plant Abiotic Stress Responses: Emerging Views Revealed by Integrative—Omic Analyses
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Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, 4th Floor Bayliss Building M316, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
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School of Plant Biology, Agriculture Building M084, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
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Department of Botany, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia
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Received: 18 July 2013 / Revised: 21 August 2013 / Accepted: 28 August 2013 / Published: 6 September 2013
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metabolomics in Plant Metabolic Engineering)
Abstract
Metabolic configuration and adaptation under a range of abiotic stresses, including drought, heat, salinity, cold, and nutrient deprivation, are subjected to an intricate span of molecular pathways that work in parallel in order to enhance plant fitness and increase stress tolerance. In recent years, unprecedented advances have been made in identifying and linking different abiotic stresses, and the current challenge in plant molecular biology is deciphering how the signaling responses are integrated and transduced throughout metabolism. Metabolomics have often played a fundamental role in elucidating the distinct and overlapping biochemical changes that occur in plants. However, a far greater understanding and appreciation of the complexity in plant metabolism under specific stress conditions have become apparent when combining metabolomics with other—omic platforms. This review focuses on recent advances made in understanding the global changes occurring in plant metabolism under abiotic stress conditions using metabolite profiling as an integrated discovery platform. View Full-TextKeywords:
abiotic stress; metabolic reconfiguration; metabolomics; plant; proteomics; transcriptional regulation
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Radomiljac, J.D.; Whelan, J.; van der Merwe, M. Coordinating Metabolite Changes with Our Perception of Plant Abiotic Stress Responses: Emerging Views Revealed by Integrative—Omic Analyses. Metabolites 2013, 3, 761-786.
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