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ignorome

ignorome noun: sets of genes and corresponding RNAs or proteins whose functions are, as yet, unknown.

Noun

ignorome (plural ignoromes)

  1. Sets of genes and corresponding RNAs or proteins whose functions are, as yet, unknown.
    • What proportion of genes with intense and selective expression in specific tissues, cells, or systems are still almost completely uncharacterized with respect to biological function? In what ways do these functionally enigmatic genes differ from well-studied genes? To address these two questions...2014 February, Robert W. Williams, “Functionally enigmatic genes: a case study of the brain ignorome”, in PLoS One, volume 9, number 2, page e88889

Forms of ignorome

pluralignoromes

Origin of ignorome

From ignore + -ome.

Questions about ignorome

What does ignorome mean?
Ignorome means sets of genes and corresponding RNAs or proteins whose functions are, as yet, unknown.
What part of speech is ignorome?
Ignorome is a noun.
What is the plural of ignorome?
The plural of ignorome is ignoromes.

Words near ignorome in the dictionary

  1. ignorization
  2. ignorize
  3. ignorized
  4. ignorizes
  5. ignorizing
  6. ignorome
  7. ignoromes
  8. ignorosphere
  9. ignortion
  10. ignoscible
  11. ignosterol

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