Example sentences for: ligand-activated

How can you use “ligand-activated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Given that VR1 is also a ligand-activated ion channel it is tempting to speculate that it may too contain such a dimer interface.

  • Steroid hormone receptors (SHRs) are members of a family of ligand-activated transcription factors that regulate many biological processes, including metabolism, reproduction, and development.

  • Recent studies with okadaic acid suggest phosphorylation alters the high affinity binding of GR to hsp-90, and that an intact cytoskeleton is required for ligand-activated GR translocation through the cytoplasm to the nucleus [ 8].

  • There the GR acts as a ligand-activated transcriptional stimulator or repressor of primary response genes by binding to glucocorticoid hormone-responsive elements (GRE) contained in the promoter regions of steroid-responsive genes and either facilitating or repressing the formation of an active transcriptional complex.


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