Question is asked above, simply put.
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2$\begingroup$ Transcriptome.. $\endgroup$– WYSIWYGCommented Jul 3, 2015 at 13:47
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1$\begingroup$ @AliceD It means all RNA. When you want to imply profile you usually say transcriptome profile or transcriptome profiling (the process of finding the profile). For miRNAs they say miRnome profiling. Also terms like dynamic transcriptome etc have been used. $\endgroup$– WYSIWYGCommented Jul 3, 2015 at 13:49
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1$\begingroup$ @WYSIWYG it's not just the transcriptome (mRNA), as there are also transfer RNAs, micro RNAs, ribosomal RNAs, etc. $\endgroup$– MattDMoCommented Jul 3, 2015 at 14:35
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1$\begingroup$ @MattDMo Transcriptome includes all RNAs, not just mRNAs (anything that is transcribed). People usually are not interested in rRNAs in their analyses; so they exclude them. That's why probably most readers may have an impression that transcriptome means just mRNAs. $\endgroup$– WYSIWYGCommented Jul 3, 2015 at 14:39
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1$\begingroup$ I'd agree with WYSIWYG. The two are usually used in a different sense. Total RNA is typically used when referring to the sum total mass, as in RNA isolation, but not the composition (on the level of specific RNA expression patterns). Transcriptome is typically used when referring to the relative expression of each individual RNA transcript within a cell. $\endgroup$– InactionPotentialCommented Jul 3, 2015 at 14:47
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Qiagen and Life Technologies call it RNA content, total RNA, or total cellular RNA.
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