-omics

-omics

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Cross-sectional analysis of the various hierarchical levels in which the expression of biological information is organized in the cell.

 

Introductory reading

 

Contents

• Genome, Epigenome, Variome
• Transcriptome, Exome
• Proteome, Regulome, Secretome, Kinome (cf. Kinases)
• Glycome
• Lipidome
• Metabolome, Reactome
• Phenome, Physiome

   

Further reading and resources

Samuels & Rouleau (2011) The case for locus-specific databases. Nat Rev Genet 12:378-9. (pmid: 21540879)

[ PubMed ] [ DOI ] Locus-specific databases are the most useful repositories of the sequence information underlying medical genetic conditions and, for this reason, they need our continued support.