transcriptome
transcriptome noun: the complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
Noun
transcriptome (plural transcriptomes)
- The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
- Within three weeks, he had a partial ‘transcriptome’ of the ctenophore – some 5,000 or 6,000 gene sequences that were actively turned on in the animal’s nerve cells.2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 26 May 2019
Forms of transcriptome
| plural | transcriptomes |
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Origin of transcriptome
From transcript + -ome.
Words formed from transcriptome
Questions about transcriptome
- What does transcriptome mean?
- Transcriptome means the complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
- What part of speech is transcriptome?
- Transcriptome is a noun.
- What is the plural of transcriptome?
- The plural of transcriptome is transcriptomes.
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