Sentences with phrase «stick to the surface proteins»

Traditional methods for sorting cells rely on fluorescent molecular tags, designed to stick to the surface proteins present on certain types of cells but not on others.

Not exact matches

Frying (or sauteing) with just enough fat or oil to prevent sticking at a relatively high temperature causes the meat to brown — in very simple terms, the proteins at the surface of the meat are converted to other proteins that result in a more intense flavor.»

When coated with a polymer that mimics the mussel's adhesive protein, the pillars can stick to wet surfaces.

That gene encodes a sugar - studded protein on the virus's outer surface that helps the virus stick to and invade human cells.

King hypothesizes that proteins that the single - celled ancestors of animals used to interact with the extracellular environment — to capture bacterial prey by binding to their cell surface and to detect chemical signals — were later repurposed to enable cells to stick to and talk to each other.

Many protein drugs — including insulin and other hormones known as cytokines — stick snugly to large surfaces on their receptors.

They work by sticking to specific proteins found on the surface of cancer cells, flagging them up to be killed by the immune system.

The polymer, which the researchers have named catechol - polystyrene, is designed after a natural protein that mussels produce for sticking to surfaces.

The researchers created a hybrid compound from 2 molecules: LLP2A, a protein - like molecule that sticks to α4β1 integrins, and alendronate, an osteoporosis drug that sticks to the outer surface of bones.

This protein helps them stick to bone and tissue surfaces.