Sentence examples for receptor and from inspiring English sources

But the receptor and the virus have to match, like a key and a lock.

His lab went on to isolate the receptor and unravel how it worked.

Certain breast cancers are already being treated differently from others because of genetic markers like estrogen receptor and Her2, and also more complicated patterns of genetic activity.

"The ultimate test will be to find a pheromone that binds to the receptor and triggers a measurable physiological response," Dr. Falke said.

Novartis, the company that developed Gleevec, is also working with drugs that inhibit the epidermal growth factor receptor and the vascular epithelial growth factor receptor.

Unlike the tenuous genes linked to personality or intelligence, this one codes for a single taste-bud receptor, and I don't doubt that it lets me taste the bitterness.

Upon absorbing violet light, the string plugs the glutamate into the protein's receptor and sparks a neuron's natural activation process: the channel opens, positive ions flood inside, and the cell unleashes an electrical impulse.

"It seems to me that any kind of artist, a skilled artist, learns the way to open so that you can be a receptor and a sender of those forces," Ms. Burstyn said.

The robot has ground-contact sensors on its feet and motors at its knees and hips that are controlled through a series of electronic circuits that simulate receptor and motor neurons.

Receptor and solvent were kept as a "receptor''.

Cluster of differentiation 14, cell surface receptor and differentiation marker.