Inferring hypotheses from complex profile data [Elektronische Ressource] : by means of CSB.DB, a comprehensive systems-biology database / by Dirk Steinhauser

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Department: Molecular Physiology Research Group: Root Metabolism Inferring Hypotheses from Complex Profile Data - By Means of CSB.DB, a Comprehensive Systems-Biology Database - Dissertation A thesis submitted to the Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät of the Universität Potsdam for the degree of ‘doctor rerum naturalium’ (Dr. rer. nat.) by Dirk Steinhauser Potsdam, October 2004 The work presented in this thesis was carried out between October 2001 and September 2004 at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm. st1 Examiner: Prof. Dr. Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany nd2 Examiner: Prof. Dr. Joachim Selbig Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam University, Germany th3 Examiner: Prof. Dr. Dierk Scheel Leibnitz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, Germany rd4 Examiner: Prof. Dr. Uwe Sonnewald Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany This Ph.D. thesis is the account of work done between October 2001 and September 2004 in the department of Prof. Willmitzer at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany. It is result of my own work and has not been submitted for any degree or Ph.D. at any other university.