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digestome

digestome noun: all the genes (and derived proteins) that relate to digestion (especially of complex carbohydrates).

Noun

digestome (plural digestomes)

  1. All the genes (and derived proteins) that relate to digestion (especially of complex carbohydrates)
    • Shao et al. [ 54 ] have screened the caspase-1 digestome to identify caspase target proteins.2008 September 13, Antero Salminen et al., “Amyloid-β oligomers set fire to inflammasomes and induce Alzheimer's pathology”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 12, →DOI

Forms of digestome

pluraldigestomes

Origin of digestome

From digest + -ome.

Questions about digestome

What does digestome mean?
Digestome means all the genes (and derived proteins) that relate to digestion (especially of complex carbohydrates).
What part of speech is digestome?
Digestome is a noun.
What is the plural of digestome?
The plural of digestome is digestomes.

Words near digestome in the dictionary

  1. digestiveness
  2. digestives
  3. digestivo
  4. digestogram
  5. digestograms
  6. digestome
  7. digestomes
  8. digestor
  9. digestors
  10. digestory
  11. digests

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