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/ˈpɹəʊtɪəʊm/ · noun
(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome..
Two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis allows the separation of thousands of proteins, and provides the means for separating the proteome (the PROTEin complement expressed by a genOME) of a simple species, or the protein component of a complex tissue.
So now the quest is to crack the human proteome – a concept so novel that the term proteome didn't even exist a decade ago.
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Proteome means (biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of proteins encoded by a particular genome..
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Two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis allows the separation of thousands of proteins, and provides the means for separating the proteome (the PROTEin complement expressed by a genOME) of a simple species, or the protein component of a complex tissue.
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