Toponome

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The spatial network code of biomolecules, particularly proteins in living cells and tissues.

    "Thereby, it addresses higher level order in a proteome, referred to as the toponome, coding cell functions by topologically and timely determined webs of interacting proteins."

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"Thereby, it addresses higher level order in a proteome, referred to as the toponome, coding cell functions by topologically and timely determined webs of interacting proteins."

Etymology

From topo- + genome. The name was invented by Walter Schubert in 2003.

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