What is "sialome"

n. 1 (context biochemistry English) All the proteins expressed in the salivary glands of blood-sucking insects 2 (context biochemistry English) All the sialic acid compounds of an organism etc

In biochemistry, the term sialome may refer to two distinct concepts:

• The set of mRNA and proteins expressed in the salivary glands, especially of mosquitoes, ticks, and other blood-sucking arthropods.
• The total complement of sialic acid types and linkages and their modes of presentation on a particular organelle, cell, tissue, organ or organism - as found at a particular time and under specific conditions.