proteome
/ˈpɹəʊtɪəʊm/
proteome noun: the complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome.
Noun
proteome (plural proteomes)
- The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome.
- Two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis allows the separation of thousands of proteins, and provides the means for separating the proteome (the PROTEin complement expressed by a genOME) of a simple species, or the protein component of a complex tissue.1996 January, Marc R. Wilkins, “From Proteins to Proteomes: Large Scale Protein Identification by Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis and Amino Acid Analysis”, in Nature Biotechnology, volume 14, page 61
- So now the quest is to crack the human proteome – a concept so novel that the term proteome didn't even exist a decade ago.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 367
Forms of proteome
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Origin of proteome
Blend of protein + genome or proteo- + -ome.
Words formed from proteome
Questions about proteome
- What does proteome mean?
- Proteome means the complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome.
- What part of speech is proteome?
- Proteome is a noun.
- How do you pronounce proteome?
- Proteome is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊtɪəʊm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of proteome?
- The plural of proteome is proteomes.
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