Ignorome
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Sets of genes and corresponding RNAs or proteins whose functions are, as yet, unknown.
"What proportion of genes with intense and selective expression in specific tissues, cells, or systems are still almost completely uncharacterized with respect to biological function? In what ways do these functionally enigmatic genes differ from well-studied genes? To address these two questions, we devised a computational approach that defines so-called ignoromes."
Example
More examples"What proportion of genes with intense and selective expression in specific tissues, cells, or systems are still almost completely uncharacterized with respect to biological function? In what ways do these functionally enigmatic genes differ from well-studied genes? To address these two questions, we devised a computational approach that defines so-called ignoromes."
Etymology
From ignore + -ome.
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