Metabolomics
Metabolomics is the study of the metabolic profile of a given cell, tissue, fluid, organ or organism at a given point in time. The metabolome represents the end products of gene expression. While mRNA gene expression data and proteomic analyses hint at what might be happening in a cell, metabolites and thier relative accumulation can indicate what is happening that cell.
Key technologies
- Mass spectrometry particularly gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS), and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC MS).
- Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.
- High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC).
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry
See also: proteomics, glycomics