Biological research functional proteomics

All these techniques provide important clues to protein function. However, they do not replace classical biochemistry. They simply provide researchers with an expedited entree into important new biological problems. In the end, a detailed functional understanding of any new protein requires traditional biochemical analyses—such as were used for the many well-studied proteins described in this text. When paired with the simultaneously evolving tools of biochemistry and molecular biology, genomics and proteomics are speeding the discovery not only of new proteins but of new biological processes and mechanisms. 

Genomics, functional genomics and proteomics, with their enabfing technologies (biological and biochemical methods, instrumentation, automation techniques and databases), are revolutionizing research in biology and pharmaceutical and medical fields. 

Miniaturization of protein arrays (a carrier is often less than 1 cm2 in size, and the diameter of spots of antibodies or antigens, carrying the desired specificity/ biological function around 300 pm, whereas the density could be <2000 probes/ cm2, and the amount of the analyzed proteins is up to 1000/cm2 in addition, the quantities of reagents needed for the tests are very small, measured in pL or pL, and the assay sensitivity is expressed in pM to fM) makes them a very attractive research tool in proteomics. 

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