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proteomes

proteomes is the plural of proteome.

Meaning of proteome

Noun

proteome (plural proteomes)

  1. 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

Questions about proteomes

What is proteomes the plural of?
Proteomes is the plural of proteome.

Words near proteomes in the dictionary

  1. proteolyze
  2. proteolyzed
  3. proteolyzes
  4. proteolyzing
  5. proteome
  6. proteomes
  7. proteometabolic
  8. proteometabolism
  9. proteometabolomic
  10. proteometric
  11. proteomewide

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