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proteome.

Noun
Sci-FiSettingTechnical
MEANING

The set of proteins expressed by an organism, cell, tissue, or sample under particular conditions.

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a body’s active protein complement; biological state distinguished from the genome’s DNA sequence; a sample’s expressed proteins

Words that belong together

  • a cellular proteome
  • compare proteomes

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The cellular proteome changed while the underlying DNA sequence remained the same.
The fictional investigator compared proteomes to understand the altered tissue’s behavior.

Nearby words

expressed protein complement

Related words

expressed protein setprotein complementproteomics
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular proteome; plural proteomes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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