Profiling of genetically modified organisms using omics technologies

Strict regulations including risk assessment, labeling, traceability, and marketing have been established due to the controversial safety aspects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). One of the main polemic issues associated with GMO safety are the possible unintended effects, defined as effect...

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Autores: Valdés, Alberto, Simó, Carolina, Ibáñez, Clara, García-Cañas, Virginia
Tipo de recurso: otro
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/100248
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/100248
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Substantial equivalence
Transcriptomics
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Omics
Unintended effects
Transgenic crops
Gene expression profiling
GMO
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Sumario:Strict regulations including risk assessment, labeling, traceability, and marketing have been established due to the controversial safety aspects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). One of the main polemic issues associated with GMO safety are the possible unintended effects, defined as effects that go beyond the primary expected effects of the genetic modification. In order to effectively investigate the potential adverse effects on the human health, including the existence or not of unintended effects, new analytical tools are needed to facilitate comprehensive compositional studies of GMOs. In this context, profiling technologies have the potential to provide valuable information regarding GMO composition that can be useful for characterization, traceability, and even GMO detection. In this chapter, the application of the main -omics technologies (transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) in combination with bioinformatics and chemometrics tools to GMO profiling is discussed. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.