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In the context of the developments in Bioinformatics, the term ‘transcriptome’, sometimes seen in the news, refers to<\/p>\n

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\nIn Bioinformatics, the term ‘transcriptome’ refers to the complete set of messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules expressed by an organism or in a specific cell population at a given time.
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\n– The genome is the complete set of DNA in an organism. Genes within the genome are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules during the process of gene expression.
\n– The transcriptome represents all the mRNA transcripts present in a cell or tissue. Studying the transcriptome allows researchers to understand which genes are actively being expressed under specific conditions.
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\n– Option A describes enzymes involved in techniques like CRISPR, which manipulate the genome.
\n– Option C describes the *process* of gene expression (transcription, translation), not the resulting set of mRNA molecules.
\n– Option D describes changes in the DNA sequence itself, which can affect the resulting transcriptome but is not what the term ‘transcriptome’ refers to.
\n– Transcriptomics is the study of the transcriptome and is a key area of research in molecular biology and bioinformatics, providing insights into cellular function, development, and disease.
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