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proteomics

US/ˌpɹoʊtiˈɑmɪks/

proteomics noun: the branch of molecular biology that studies the set of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism.

Noun

proteomics (uncountable)

  1. The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism.
    • The derived word "proteomics", which has come into use almost as an afterthought, may be equally useful since it indicates something less well-defined but more ambitious. Proteomics is a field, just as genomics is, rather than a closed and conceptually static body of knowledge (as are the genome...1998, N. Leigh Anderson, “Proteome and proteomics: New technologies, new concepts, and new words”, in Electrophoresis, volume 19, page 1853
    Synonyms:
    proteonomics

proteomics meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

proteomics in Tamil

புரதக்கல்வி

proteomics in Indonesian

branch of molecular biology
proteomika

Synonyms of proteomics

Origin of proteomics

From protein + -omics.

Words formed from proteomics

Questions about proteomics

What does proteomics mean?
Proteomics means the branch of molecular biology that studies the set of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism.
What is proteomics in Tamil?
Proteomics in Tamil is புரதக்கல்வி. See Proteomics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is proteomics?
Proteomics is a noun.
How do you pronounce proteomics?
Proteomics is pronounced /ˌpɹoʊtiˈɑmɪks/ (US).

Words near proteomics in the dictionary

  1. proteomically
  2. proteomicelle
  3. proteomicelles
  4. proteomicist
  5. proteomicists
  6. proteomics
  7. proteomimetic
  8. proteomimetics
  9. proteon
  10. proteonomics
  11. proteons

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