Desiccome
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The set of genes, proteins and metabolites involved in an organism's ability to tolerate desiccation.
"One of the critical components of the desiccome are non-reducing disaccharides found to accumulate during desiccation, such as trehalose (in bacteria, fungi, some resurrection plants and metazoans) and sucrose (in most plants, pollen and seeds) [14 –16 ]."
Example
More examples"One of the critical components of the desiccome are non-reducing disaccharides found to accumulate during desiccation, such as trehalose (in bacteria, fungi, some resurrection plants and metazoans) and sucrose (in most plants, pollen and seeds) [14 –16 ]."
Etymology
From desiccation + -ome.
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