Sentences with phrase «types of protein surfaces»

This led them to identify new types of protein surfaces capable of interacting with RNA.

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According to the American Pregnancy Association, the Rh factor is a specific type of protein on the surface of red blood cells.

RHPs are composed of four types of monomer subunits, each with chemical properties designed to interact with chemical patches on the surface of proteins of interest.

The effort is complicated because there are some 16 types of key surface proteins (hemagglutinin) that help the virus bind to host cells, in addition to the several varieties of viral neuraminidase proteins.

After 24 days the cells had developed surface proteins that identified them as specific types of lung cell, including alveolar cells, which allow the exchange of gases, and cilia, which expel bacteria and dirt (Respiratory Research, DOI: 10.1186 / 1465-9921-10-105).

It has only eight genes, and two of the genes produce antigens, a type of protein that stands out on the surface of the virus particle.

Previous research had shown that nicotine seems to have conflicting effects on different types of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, proteins on the surface of brain cells that respond to nicotine and the naturally occurring neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

In one type of mutation, patients don't have enough CFTR proteins that transit normally to the cell surface.

The ADGRE2 gene provides instructions for production of ADGRE2 protein, which is present on the surface of several types of immune cells, including mast cells.

S. mansoni IPSE binds to Immunoglobulin E (IgE), an antibody produced by the immune system that is expressed on the surface of basophils, a type of immune cell; and mast cells, another immune cell that mediates inflammation; and sequesters chemokines, signaling proteins that alert white cells to infection sites.

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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.

The engineered cells contain an antibody - like protein known as a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), which is designed to bind to a protein called CD19 found on the surface of B cells, including the cancerous B cells that characterize several types of leukemia.

The modified T cells contain a protein known as a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), which is designed to target the CD19 protein found on the surface of B cells, including the cancerous B cells that characterize several types of leukemia and lymphoma.

In studies of neural development in mice, Stahl found that TRNP1 produces a protein that determines whether neural stem cells self - replicate, leading to a balloonlike expansion of cortical surface area, or whether they differentiate into a plethora of intermediate stem cell types and neurons, thickening the cortex and forming more complex brain structures.

The researchers studied two unrelated sets of siblings with similar immune problems and determined their symptoms were likely caused by a lack of CD70, a protein found on the surface of several types of immune cells.

Wang says this was an issue because the types of proteins on the surfaces of CTCs could vary from one type of cancer to another, and even within in the same cancer.

He isolated the genes encoding proteins that confer immunological identity to the two main types of cells in the human immune arsenal: the CD4 protein, which dots the surface of helper T cells, and the CD8 protein, which adorns killer T cells.

This type of «killer» T cell responds to previously encountered cell - surface molecules — including the fragments of SIV proteins encoded by the genes in the CMV / SIV vaccine — and destroys SIV - infected cells.

Monoclonal antibodies are a special type of protein designed to target antigens, or markers, located on the surface of cancer cells; antibodies locate antigens and recruit immune cells to attack.

People who had a better antibody response to the vaccine after 28 days had higher levels of HLA - DR (a cell surface protein which is a marker for immune stimulation) on a specialised type of dendritic cell.

For example, Penn's blood cancer trials employ a CAR targeting the protein CD19, which is found on the surface of B cells, including the cancerous B cells that characterize several types of leukemia and lymphoma.

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Chemicals in these particular types of leafy green vegetables trigger a powerful immune boosting activity in cell surface proteins (AhR proteins) found on the surface of white blood cells, otherwise known as lymphocytes.

One specific type of casein protein — called kappa casein — is found on the surface of these clusters.

VANGUARD ® crLyme helps provide broad - spectrum coverage against outer surface protein A (OspA), found in the tick, and contains antigens from multiple types of outer surface protein C (OspC), found in the tick and dog.

Unlike other Lyme disease vaccines, VANGUARD ® crLyme is the first and only vaccine that can help address many types of outer surface protein C.

About Vanguard crLyme Vanguard crLyme is a next - generation multivalent vaccine which contains outer surface protein A (OspA) protein and a single OspC protein that is composed of antigenic material from seven common types of OspC found in Lyme - infected dogs in the U.S. 1 Its uniquely targeted design helps provide a broad spectrum of coverage while delivering a low - reactive vaccine by minimizing the amount of extraneous proteins administered to the dog.

Type A influenza viruses can actually reorganize their surface proteins to facilitate crossing from one species to another and creation of a vastly different different new flu virus.

The Type A influenza virus has on its surface an assortment of proteins which determine its «strain» or subtype, and it is against these surface proteins that our bodies mount an immune response.