Ignorome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ignorome is a noun meaning (genetics) Sets of genes and corresponding RNAs or proteins whose functions are, as yet, unknown.
Meaning
(genetics) Sets of genes and corresponding RNAs or proteins whose functions are, as yet, unknown.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- ignoromes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unknome, nullomer, pregenome, pseudogenome, paranome, neomorph.
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