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- noun Plural form of
ligand .
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The chemicals that attach to receptors are called ligands, from the Latin word ligandus, “that which bonds.”
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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The chemicals that attach to receptors are called ligands, from the Latin word ligandus, “that which bonds.”
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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On the more inorganic side, we have systematically explored the geometries, polytopal rearrangement and substitution site preferences of five, six, seven and eight coordination, the factors that influence whether certain ligands will bridge or not, the constraints of metal-metal bonding, and the geometry of uranyl and other actinide complexes.
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They looked at the correlation of ligand structure with enzyme domains, and propose a method to identify cognate ligands, that is, ligands that are present in vivo and are required for a functional metobolome.
Archive 2007-01-01 Egon Willighagen 2007
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They looked at the correlation of ligand structure with enzyme domains, and propose a method to identify cognate ligands, that is, ligands that are present in vivo and are required for a functional metobolome.
CDK Literature #1 Egon Willighagen 2007
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Receptors are proteins whose amino acid chains fold in such a way as to produce a pocket where particular small molecules hereafter called ligands bind.
Evolution of IC: Evolution of Hormone-Receptor Complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Some dietary chemicals, called ligands, peel off and bind to proteins, effectively “turning on” certain genes.
Fat is Not Your Fate Susan Mitchell Ph.D. 2005
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Some dietary chemicals, called ligands, peel off and bind to proteins, effectively “turning on” certain genes.
Fat is Not Your Fate Susan Mitchell Ph.D. 2005
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EGFR is nestled into the cell membrane on the surface of human cells where, after it gets activated by molecules called ligands, causes cells to divide.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The Menlo Park research organization will study imaging agents called ligands, which are intended to be injected before brain scans like positive emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other similar processes.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2009
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