Sentence examples for bind to receptor from inspiring English sources

For example, in Graves disease, autoantibodies bind to receptor cells in the thyroid gland, stimulating the overproduction of thyroid hormones.

Just beneath the membrane at the nerve terminal, synaptic vesicles store neurotransmitter molecules, and await the arrival of a nervous impulse, whereupon they fuse with the membrane and release their contents into the synaptic cleft, the miniscule gap at the junction between nerve cells, and diffuse across it to bind to receptor protein molecules embedded at the surface of the partner cell.

After these particles reach the organ, some of the chemical compounds they contain bind to receptor molecules, and sensory messages are sent to the brain.

Neurotrophins bind to receptor tyrosine kinase class VII, Trk receptor family, while basic fibroblast growth factor binds to receptor tyrosine kinase class IV, FGF receptor family.

The alleged trade secrets involve biopharmaceutical drugs, or proteins that bind to receptor cells and cause a cell to behave in a certain manner.

This robot-sounding substance is a modifier designed to bind to "receptor cells" on taste buds that detect flavors to increase taste sensation.

All the drugs bind to receptors in the nervous system meant for a neurotransmitter called GABA.

Scopolamine and its close cousin atropine are "muscarinic antagonists" – they bind to receptors in the nervous system that would, ordinarily, bind to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

The D222G mutation allows the virus to bind to receptors on cells lining the lungs, which are slightly different from those in the nose and throat.

Water-soluble molecules, such as the polypeptide hormone insulin, bind to receptors at cell surfaces.

After odorant molecules bind to receptors, the receptor cells send electrical signals to the olfactory bulb in the brain.