transcriptome
nounEtymology From transcript + -ome.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Medicine, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
- 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.2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 26 May 2019:
- Derived terms
- epitranscriptome, genotranscriptome, holotranscriptome, macrotranscriptome, metatranscriptome, microtranscriptome, neurotranscriptome, phylotranscriptome, retrotranscriptome, selenotranscriptome, sialotranscriptome, subtranscriptome, transcriptomal, transcriptomewide, transcriptomic
- Related terms
- translatome