TY - JOUR
T1 - Proteomics in the fruit tree science arena
T2 - New insights into fruit defense, development, and ripening
AU - Molassiotis, Athanassios
AU - Tanou, Georgia
AU - Filippou, Panagiota
AU - Fotopoulos, Vasileios
PY - 2013/6/1
Y1 - 2013/6/1
N2 - Fruit tree crops are agricultural commodities of high economic importance, while fruits also represent one of the most vital components of the human diet. Therefore, a great effort has been made to understand the molecular mechanisms covering fundamental biological processes in fruit tree physiology and fruit biology. Thanks to the development of cutting-edge "omics" technologies such as proteomic analysis, scientists now have powerful tools to support traditional fruit tree research. Such proteomic analyses are establishing high-density 2DE reference maps and peptide mass fingerprint databases that can lead fruit science into a new postgenomic research era. Here, an overview of the application of proteomics in key aspects of fruit tree physiology as well as in fruit biology, including defense responses to abiotic and biotic stress factors, is presented. Α panoramic view of ripening-related proteins is also discussed, as an example of proteomic application in fruit science.
AB - Fruit tree crops are agricultural commodities of high economic importance, while fruits also represent one of the most vital components of the human diet. Therefore, a great effort has been made to understand the molecular mechanisms covering fundamental biological processes in fruit tree physiology and fruit biology. Thanks to the development of cutting-edge "omics" technologies such as proteomic analysis, scientists now have powerful tools to support traditional fruit tree research. Such proteomic analyses are establishing high-density 2DE reference maps and peptide mass fingerprint databases that can lead fruit science into a new postgenomic research era. Here, an overview of the application of proteomics in key aspects of fruit tree physiology as well as in fruit biology, including defense responses to abiotic and biotic stress factors, is presented. Α panoramic view of ripening-related proteins is also discussed, as an example of proteomic application in fruit science.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84880100591&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/pmic.201200428
DO - 10.1002/pmic.201200428
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23986917
AN - SCOPUS:84880100591
SN - 1615-9853
VL - 13
SP - 1871
EP - 1884
JO - Proteomics
JF - Proteomics
IS - 12-13
ER -