Perturbagen
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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 ]."
Example
More examples"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 ]."
Etymology
From perturb + -gen.
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