Definition of "proteome" []

• The set of proteins expressed by the genetic material of an organism under a given set of environmental conditions. (noun)
• The complete set of proteins that can be expressed by the genetic material of an organism. Also called complete proteome. (noun)

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• "The term proteome “proteins that are encoded and expressed by a genome” was coined in 1994 by Marc Wilkins, then a graduate student at Macquarrie University in Sydney, Australia."
• "The research team at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences University in Hyderabad, India, set out to see if there was a difference in the pattern of protein expression, called the proteome, in type 2 patients compared to patients without diabetes."
• ""The question is: Can we then group all living organisms based on the whole proteome, that is, the assembly of all proteins, instead of using just a selection of a small set of proteins, which is equivalent to using a small set of genes?" said Kim."