How to Use ligand in a Sentence

ligand

noun

• Last year one of Schelter's postdocs synthesized a three-armed molecule, called a tripodal ligand.
  — Nelson Ching, National Geographic, 10 June 2016
• One common example of a ligand is found in siderophores, chemical compounds that bacteria secrete to break down iron particles.
  — Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
• One common example of a ligand is found in siderophores, chemical compounds that bacteria secrete to break down iron particles.
  — Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2020
• These drugs, especially intravenous zoledronic acid (and the antibody to RANK ligand, denosumab), have been game-changers in patients with breast and other cancers that spread to bone.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
• These opioid receptors when stimulated and/or inhibited by the body's natural ligands have been known to be involved in the body's itch circuitry.
  — Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2024
• Researchers took nanocrystals of silicon and closely examined them in order to design ligands, which are like molecule glue, that can hook into the nanocrystals and carry more energy.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Dec. 2019
• The secret is using nontoxic silicon nanocrystals and molecule glues called ligands.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Dec. 2019
• The uranium molecule complex is a coordination compound, meaning a metal center with ligands surrounding it.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2020
• Geoff Burnstock (University College London) discovered purinergic signaling in 1972, and has been characterizing the nucleotide and nucleoside ligands, their receptors and their biology ever since.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024