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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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To dig deeper, the researchers examined the yeast's transcriptome, which is the full set of RNA molecules produced by the cells.

From Science Daily Apr. 12, 2026

Epigenetic modifications and changes in the transcriptome play a central role here, promoting the adaptation and activation of proliferation and survival programs.

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 addition to analyzing and validating the results regarding the length of mRNAs in brain sEVs, the researchers compared the sequence of genes reflected in the sEV mRNA transcriptome.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

Because of the greater role played by the transcriptome, a person can have the genetic disposition for a disease without actually suffering from the disease.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 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

Understanding how a plant creates such compounds usually begins with analyzing plant transcriptomes to identify up to hundreds of genes that could potentially code for the enzymes that work together to facilitate production.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 2023

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

In BICCN’s data, cells grouped according to their transcriptomes tend to share other features, such as location, shape, and electrical activity.

From Science Magazine Oct. 6, 2021

To understand whether trees with low and high susceptibility vary in their metabolite profiles as well as their transcriptomes, we undertook untargeted metabolite profiling on a subset of the Danish Test Panel.

From Nature Dec. 25, 2016

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