Exome vs. Transcriptome

Exomenoun

(genetics) The complete exon content of an organism or individual.

Exome

The exome is composed of all of the exons within the genome, the sequences which, when transcribed, remain within the mature RNA after introns are removed by RNA splicing. This includes untranslated regions of mRNA, and coding sequence (or CDS).

Transcriptomenoun

The complete set of RNA molecules (transcripts) produced in a cell or a population of cells.

Transcriptome

The transcriptome is the set of all RNA transcripts, including coding and non-coding, in an individual or a population of cells. The term can also sometimes be used to refer to all RNAs, or just mRNA, depending on the particular experiment.