: a group, ion, or molecule coordinated to a central atom or molecule in a complex
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This heating process supplies enough energy to break the chemical bonds holding the ligand molecules together, so carbon and oxygen atoms are released.
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New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2024
So, ligands can help microRNAs home specifically to diseased cells while avoiding healthy cells.
—Andrea Kasinski, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
But here’s where the trap comes in: Sprinkled amid the ACE2 receptors are ligands, little molecules that can bind to a cell receptor and, in this case, induce phagocytosis.
—Maggie Chen, WIRED, 26 July 2022
Identifying ligands that can deliver small RNAs to other cells requires finding receptors expressed at high enough levels on the surface of target cells.
—Andrea Kasinski, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
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New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2024
So, ligands can help microRNAs home specifically to diseased cells while avoiding healthy cells.
—Andrea Kasinski, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
But here’s where the trap comes in: Sprinkled amid the ACE2 receptors are ligands, little molecules that can bind to a cell receptor and, in this case, induce phagocytosis.
—Maggie Chen, WIRED, 26 July 2022
Identifying ligands that can deliver small RNAs to other cells requires finding receptors expressed at high enough levels on the surface of target cells.
—Andrea Kasinski, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Ligand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ligand. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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