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Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins, particularly their structures and functions. Proteins are important components of living organisms, as they are the main parts of the physiological metabolic pathways of cells. The term "proteomics" was first coined in 1997 to make an analogy with genomics, the analysis of the genes. The word "proteome" is a blend of "protein" and "genome", and was coined by Prof Marc Wilkins in 1994 while working on the idea as a PhD student. The proteome is the total complement of proteins, counting the modifications made to a particular set of proteins, produced by an organism or system. This will be changed as time and specific requirements, or stresses, that a cell or organism undergoes.