Sentence examples for molecule called a from inspiring English sources

All four are structurally similar and are classified as so-called G protein-coupled receptors (receptors that transmit signals to an intracellular molecule called a guanine nucleotide-binding, or G, protein).

It creates a signaling molecule called a cytokine that disrupts the normal immune system response.

The hormone latches on to cells, binding to a surface molecule called a growth hormone receptor.

Dr. Chirik's chemistry essentially wraps an iron molecule in another, organic molecule called a ligand.

Some bacteria, though, use a different molecule, called a polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA.

The valve uses a molecule called a rotaxane that can shuttle up and down along a molecular spine by means of a simple chemical reaction.

Then they attached polystyrene molecules to the dendrimerlike DNA, forming a hybrid molecule called an amphiphile -- a molecule that both likes and hates water.

By creating a molecule called an artificial transcription factor in the laboratory, he hopes to switch off the production of the toxic mutant Huntingtin protein.

Each cell in a community produces and responds to a signaling molecule called an autoinducer that serves as an indicator of the population density.

All cells feature a sugar-rich coating of long molecules, called a glycocalyx, which changes dramatically in many lethal diseases.

This RNA was then grabbed by a cluster of molecules called a ribosome, which used it as a template to build a protein.