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transcriptome

American  
[tran-skrip-tohm] / trænˈskrɪpˌtoʊm /

noun

  • transcriptomes
    plural
  1. Biochemistry. the entire set of RNA transcripts in an organism or in a sample of its tissues or cells.


transcriptome British  
/ trænˈskrɪptəʊm /

noun

  1. biochem a collection of all the messenger RNA in a particular cell

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They used genome binding and transcriptome analyses to map how DMTF1 influences gene activity.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026

The molecular analyses at the single-cell level captured structural genomic and epigenetic variants in the same cell, as well as investigations of the transcriptome and cell surface proteins.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024

Through an examination of the transcriptome of hESCs cultivated under different cell densities, the researchers pinpointed a key player known as "ETV4," responsible for mediating variations in stem cell density and controlling differentiation.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024

In this study, using the legume model plant Lotus japonicus, a transcriptome analysis was performed based on the nitrogen status in the plant body during the rhizobial symbiosis process.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024

Pigs are actually not the first animal whose transcriptome Lingzhao Fang and his colleagues have mapped.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024

Working with the Museum's Frick Curator of Fossil Mammals John Flynn, Calamari focused on sequencing transcriptomes, the genes expressed in a tissue at a specific time, for headgear.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024

To overcome this, they employed hundreds of genes obtained from the transcriptomes of 24 isolates from different continents and habitats.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2024

Based on the degree of similarity in the transcriptomes, they arranged each species on a family tree and used the numbers of genetic differences between species as a “molecular clock” to determine when each originated.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2022

From those transcriptomes of mouse and jerboa feet, they were able to narrow the pool of potential genes tied to foot size down by 90%, leaving a total of 1755.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 23, 2021

Here we report a multi-tissue gene expression resource that represents the genotypic and phenotypic diversity of modern inbred maize, and includes transcriptomes in an average of 255 lines in seven tissues.

From Nature ● Mar. 13, 2018

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