Example sentences for: membrane-bound

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  • We and others and we have reported that μ- and δ-opioid receptors become tyrosine phosphorylated after agonist-stimulation [ 11 12 ] . Tyrosine phosphorylation of a membrane-bound protein is an essential step in ERK activation, because it creates SH2-binding domains that allow Shc and other proteins to associate into a multi-protein signalling complex.

  • The membrane-bound precursor and soluble forms of heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF) contribute to a variety of cellular developmental processes [ 1 ] . The observations of HB-EGF in cell and tissue types have suggested roles for HB-EGF in numerous cellular and tissue events such as: cell movement, extracellular matrix formation, tumor formation and cell adherence [ 1 ] . As described above, the membrane-bound precursor of HB-EGF (proHB-EGF) is also the cell-surface receptor for diphtheria toxin (DT) in DT-sensitive cells [ 2 ] .

  • ATP synthase is a multisubunit protein complex with a domain that rotates about its membrane-bound axis during the natural hydrolysis of ATP within a cell.

  • Moving bacteria that reach the cell plasma membrane form membrane-bound protrusions that are engulfed by neighboring cells, allowing the infection to spread without the bacteria ever leaving the cytoplasmic environment.

  • TRAIL can be expressed as a membrane-bound protein or solubilized by metalloendoproteinase cleavage.


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