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transposome

transposome noun: the set of genetic transpositions (or of the transposases and transposons) in an organism.

Noun

transposome (plural transposomes)

  1. The set of genetic transpositions (or of the transposases and transposons) in an organism.
    • Chilamakuri et al. (2014) found that the Nextera kit had increased coverage of high GC content areas as the result of altered bias in the transposome technology used during fragmentation, decreasing its overall uniformity; however, recent changes to the protocol in the new versions may have...2015 July 2, Amanda Warr et al., “Exome Sequencing: Current and Future Perspectives”, in G3: Genes, volume 5, →DOI

Forms of transposome

pluraltransposomes

Origin of transposome

From transpose + -ome.

Words formed from transposome

  • retrotransposome
  • retrotransposomal

Questions about transposome

What does transposome mean?
Transposome means the set of genetic transpositions (or of the transposases and transposons) in an organism.
What part of speech is transposome?
Transposome is a noun.
What is the plural of transposome?
The plural of transposome is transposomes.

Words near transposome in the dictionary

  1. transpositions
  2. transpositive
  3. transpositively
  4. transpositor
  5. transpositors
  6. transposome
  7. transposomes
  8. transposomics
  9. transposon
  10. transposon mutagenesis
  11. transposon tagging

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