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ignoromes

ignoromes is the plural of ignorome.

Meaning of ignorome

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

Questions about ignoromes

What is ignoromes the plural of?
Ignoromes is the plural of ignorome.

Words near ignoromes in the dictionary

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

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