The phrase "a common receptor" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, pharmacology, or neuroscience when discussing receptors that are shared among different cells or organisms.
Example: "The study focused on a common receptor that mediates the response to various neurotransmitters in the brain."
Alternatives: "a shared receptor" or "a universal receptor".
It is surprising that all strains still appear to bind a common receptor, asialo-GM1.
Bergelson, J. M. et al. Isolation of a common receptor for coxsackie B viruses and adenoviruses 2 and 5. Science 275, 1320 1323 (1997).
Teng, J. et al. Different types of glomerulopathic light chains interact with mesangial cells using a common receptor but exhibit different intracellular trafficking patterns.
Studies were then designed to learn if that combination occurred at a common receptor or shared intracellular signals.
Another cytokine, IL-13, shares some of the functions of IL-4, because both cytokines use a common receptor subunit, IL-4Rα.
To address this design problem, we sought to identify a single, common motif (a "common receptor") shared by multiple structurally and functionally diverse proteins implicated in AD.
We have previously reported the antiproliferative activity of synthetic sequences 29 35 and 122 139 of the interferon-α2b (IFN-α2b), both probably representing a common receptor recognition domain.
Lacking any discernible sequence similarity, interleukin-34 (IL-34) and colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) signal through a common receptor CSF-1R on cells of mononuclear phagocyte lineage.
A major obstacle for successful axon regeneration in the adult central nervous system (CNS) arises from inhibitory molecules in CNS myelin, which signal through a common receptor complex on neurons consisting of the ligand-binding Nogo-66 receptor (NgR) and two transmembrane coreceptors, p75 and LINGO-1.
Thus, while the critical hotspot is maintained in the two complexes, the majority of the interfaces are structurally distinct and, therefore, provide a basis for the therapeutic targeting of IL-12 versus IL-23 heterodimer formation despite their use of a common receptor subunit.
SCARB2 is ubiquitously expressed and serves as a common receptor for all clinically isolated EV71 strains, CVA16, CVA7 and CVA14 (Yamayoshi et al., 2012).
