Field studies
Breeding approaches
| Structural genomics and quantitative genetics
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Mapping
Synteny
Genome structure
Generation of mutants and mutant libraries
Transcriptomics - ESTs, microarrays, etc.
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Bioinformatics
Growth studies
Plant Nutrient Analyses - ICP-AES, ICP-MS, membrane inlet mass spectrometry of diffusible ions
Stable isotopes
Radioactive tracer measurements
Transporter kinetic properties
| Cellular techniques - including characterisation of transporter genes
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Electrophysiology
Patch clamping, planar lipid bilayers
MIFE
Other cellular methods for measuring fluxes (e.g. pressure probe,stopped flow spectrophotometry)
Micro-injection of fluorescent tracers
Isolation of transporter genes and heterologous expression systems
Localisation of expression - Q-PCR, promoter-reporter fusions, in situ hybridisation, etc
Protein localisation - immunocytochemistry, immunofluorescence, protein-GPF fusions
Nano-SIMS
Confocal scanning laser microscopy
Scanning and Transmission electron microscopy
Protein structure - crystallography, NMR
