Sentence examples for bind to a receptor from inspiring English sources
The affinity of an antagonist for its binding site (Ki), i.e. its ability to bind to a receptor, will determine the duration of inhibition of agonist activity.
Toxins may act at the cell surface and either damage the cytoplasmic membrane or bind to a receptor and act via transmembrane signalling subsequent to that binding [ 20].
A drug whose efficacy and affinity are sufficient for it to be able to bind to a receptor and affect cell function is an agonist.
Daclizumab and basiliximab, which have been produced with recombinant DNA technology, bind to a receptor found only on the surface of activated T cells.
A drug with the affinity to bind to a receptor but without the efficacy to elicit a response is an antagonist.
The exocytosis of secretory proteins may be regulated, whereby a ligand must bind to a receptor to trigger vesicle fusion and protein secretion.
Differences in efficacy determine whether a drug that binds to a receptor is classified as an agonist or as an antagonist.
Since capsaicin is a member of the vanilloid family of molecules, it binds to a receptor on the tongue called the vanilloid receptor subtype 1. Upon binding to the VR1 receptor, the sensation produced by the capsaicin molecule is the same sensation that heat would cause, which explains capsaicin's burn.
In the third type of mechanism, which is peculiar to steroid hormones and related drugs, the steroid binds to a receptor that consists primarily of nuclear proteins.
