How to Use glycoprotein in a Sentence

glycoprotein

noun

• Platelets that are missing glycoprotein VI do not form blood clots and do not lead to severe bleeding.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 8 June 2017
• This glycoprotein starts the infection of a cell, binding to it and mediating the process of the hostile takeover.
  — Tracy Staedter, Fox News, 22 May 2017
• The viruses use a surface glycoprotein — a protein with sugars attached — called the spike (S) protein to bind to host cells.
  — Quanta Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020
• A major challenge to determining the infectious structure is that the glycoprotein is made of three parts, called a trimer.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2017
• This attachment to glycoprotein VI is how trowaglerix stimulates platelets to form blood clots, the researchers learned.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 8 June 2017
• One of the more unusual ingredients in this cream is glacial glycoprotein, which restores the skin’s hydration levels.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• Straight edge: The miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum), native to West Africa, contains a glycoprotein called miraculin that binds to taste receptors on the tongue and makes sour foods taste sweet.
  — Kirsten Weir, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2011
• Researchers then infected live, non-human cells and observed six different mutations in the spike glycoprotein, which is how the virus attaches to and enters cells.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2020
• The antibodies target the only protein on the outside of Ebola virus particles, the glycoprotein.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 15 Oct. 2020
• To gain access to a host’s cells, influenza uses its own viral glycoprotein, hemagglutinin (H).
  — Quanta Magazine, 25 Feb. 2020
• If glycoprotein VI could be blocked, the research team hypothesized, would that prevent prolonged bleeding?
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 8 June 2017
• This engineered virus also carries the code for Ebola’s glycoprotein.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 May 2018
• Other pieces of the glycoprotein specialize in distracting the immune response.
  — Tracy Staedter, Fox News, 22 May 2017
• Mucilage is a polar glycoprotein that is texturally characterized by a dense stickiness, and it can be found in a number of plants such as aloe vera, psyllium husks, and okra.
  — Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2016
• To the mainstream scientific community, Dorman’s quest is quixotic at best, tilting at windmills made of glycoproteins and RNA.
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 1 June 2018
• Ebola uses its glycoprotein to attach to and enter human cells, sparking infection.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 15 Oct. 2020
• The peptide in use was a membrane-spanning peptide that covered the carboxy terminus of the exterior glycoprotein, which deleted the membrane-spanning region, and included a small portion of the cytoplasmic domain.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• With this study, the researchers hope that others can start looking into developing small molecules that might increase P-glycoprotein activity.
  — Dallas News, 29 June 2021
• Riffing on cryogenic therapy, this cold crackling gel is full of micro-algae, glycoproteins from Antarctica, and peony extract to improve skin elasticity over time.
  — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2018
• But there’s another interesting layer to a potential protective element in Type O blood: something called von Willebrand factor, which is a glycoprotein in charge of repairing damage to blood vessels by prompting your blood to clot.
  — Rachael Schultz, Men's Health, 7 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024