proteome
noun
pro·te·ome
ˈprō-tē-ˌōm 
: the complement of proteins expressed in a cell, tissue, or organism by a genome
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But even before such dramatic increases in human health span happen, progress toward addressing large subsets of the druggable proteome will deliver a steady flow of amazing new drugs.
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Published today in Nature journals, the Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) includes studies of the participants’ genomes, microbiomes, transcriptomes (the messenger RNA made from their genes), and proteomes (their panoply of proteins).
—science.org, 21 June 2024
De la Fuente’s team decided to speed up their search for antibiotic candidates by looking beyond the human proteome, the full set of proteins expressed by an organism’s genome, to those of extinct organisms.
—Cecilia.butini, Vox, 4 June 2024
Proteomics can be a powerful tool when researchers compare the proteomes of individuals from different groups, such as in blood from healthy people versus those with breast cancer.
—Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
This technique is an example of studying a sample’s proteome – all the proteins in a particular cell, organism or species.
—Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
For example, the proteome of saliva — an exhaustive catalog of the proteins present in this fluid — is already available, and it is known that between 20 percent and 30 percent of the saliva proteome overlaps with that of blood.
—Matías A. Loewy, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2023
For example, the proteome of saliva—an exhaustive catalog of the proteins present in this fluid—is already available, and it is known that between 20 percent and 30 percent of the saliva proteome overlaps with that of blood.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
Those transcripts are used to make the proteins in our body, naturally known as the proteome.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2011
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Published today in Nature journals, the Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) includes studies of the participants’ genomes, microbiomes, transcriptomes (the messenger RNA made from their genes), and proteomes (their panoply of proteins).
—science.org, 21 June 2024
De la Fuente’s team decided to speed up their search for antibiotic candidates by looking beyond the human proteome, the full set of proteins expressed by an organism’s genome, to those of extinct organisms.
—Cecilia.butini, Vox, 4 June 2024
Proteomics can be a powerful tool when researchers compare the proteomes of individuals from different groups, such as in blood from healthy people versus those with breast cancer.
—Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
This technique is an example of studying a sample’s proteome – all the proteins in a particular cell, organism or species.
—Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
For example, the proteome of saliva — an exhaustive catalog of the proteins present in this fluid — is already available, and it is known that between 20 percent and 30 percent of the saliva proteome overlaps with that of blood.
—Matías A. Loewy, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2023
For example, the proteome of saliva—an exhaustive catalog of the proteins present in this fluid—is already available, and it is known that between 20 percent and 30 percent of the saliva proteome overlaps with that of blood.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023
Those transcripts are used to make the proteins in our body, naturally known as the proteome.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2011
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proteome
noun
pro·te·ome
ˈprōt-ē-ˌōm
: the complement of proteins expressed in a cell, tissue, or organism by a genome
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