Transcriptome
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From transcript + -ome.
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