Research progress in proteomics researches on plant coldstress

The coldstress is one of the major abiotic stresses limiting the productivity and the geographical distribution of many plants. It can induce the changes in variety and expression of the proteins. Proteomics is an active research field in the postgenomic era. The proteome study was performed in order to analyze the coldstress mechanisms and the coldstress response of plants. Currently, it has been applied to model plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa, and other herbaceous plants and woody plants. The variety and function of the differential expressed proteins have been identified.