transcriptome
English edit
Etymology edit
transcript + -ome
Noun edit
transcriptome (plural transcriptomes)
- (biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
- 2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon[1]:
- Within three weeks, he had a partial ‘transcriptome’ of the ctenophore – some 5,000 or 6,000 gene sequences that were actively turned on in the animal’s nerve cells.
Derived terms edit
- macrotranscriptome
- microtranscriptome
- neurotranscriptome
- retrotranscriptome
- transcriptomal
- transcriptomic
Translations edit
set of messenger RNA molecules
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