Transcriptome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Transcriptome is a noun meaning (biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
Meaning
(biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- transcriptomes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include transcript, proteome, transcriptosome, translatome, progenome, subtranscriptome.
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