perturbagen

Etymology

From perturb + -gen.

perturbagen means A substance (typically a peptide) designed to disrupt intracellular processes, providing information about the operation of pathways and networks within a cell. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

A substance (typically a peptide) designed to disrupt intracellular processes, providing information about the operation of pathways and networks within a cell.“To address this problem, we have previously proposed a parametrization of perturbagen-target systems in which we characterize each system by its responsiveness (the probability that a perturbagen has an effect on a target) and its uniqueness (the probability that a perturbagen or target is different from others) [ 18 ].”