Transciptome

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Transcriptome - all the existing transcripts (copies of mRNAs transcribed from DNA [1] antisense template strand) in the particular cell at the given time.  By analysing the whole transcriptome it can allow us to discover where each gene is switched on or off and when this occurs [2].

References

  1. National Human Genome Research Institute (2015): http://www.genome.gov/13014330#al-1
  2. National Human genome research institute; http://www.genome.gov/13014330#al-1; last updated: August 27th 2015