Converse of object

• activate: Agonist: A molecule that activates a cell receptor.

• encode: The family of genes that encode the olfactory receptors responsible for detecting smell provide an extreme example.

Adjective modifier

• nicotinic: To corroborate a direct action of atropine on nicotinic receptors, .. .

• epidermal: The rationale for using epidermal growth factor receptor targeted therapies is also reviewed.

• cannabinoid: The feeling of being ' stoned ' or ' high ' is caused by the THC binding to cannabinoid receptors in the brain.

• toll-like: The mechanism which is at work involves Toll-like receptors.

• protein-coupled: It provides for blast searches of both published and unpublished sequences of G protein-coupled receptors.

• glucocorticoid: Their first target was the glucocorticoid receptors responsible for mediating cortisol's stop signals.

Modifies a noun

• antagonist: Research on the mechanisms of action of the retinoic acid receptor antagonists is ongoing.

• agonist: Sumatriptan, is a selective serotonin receptor agonist, the receptors being present mainly in cranial vessels.

• subtype: It acts selectively on the AT 1 receptor subtype, which is responsible for the known actions of angiotensin II.

• tyrosine: Initial events in receptor tyrosine kinase signaling: : Cartoon representation of the initial events in receptor tyrosine kinase signaling.

• blocker: Volume 11, Number 4, July-August 2004 Angiotensin II receptor blockers: a new lease of LIFE?

• modulator: In her final year, she carried out research on the toxicology of selective estrogen receptor modulators in the human endometrium.

Noun used with modifier

• acetylcholine: These may come from new approaches such as the role of sigma, NMDA and acetylcholine receptors.

• androgen: The researchers studied the gene for the androgen receptor, which is located on the X-chromosome.

• glutamate: Specific group II metabotropic glutamate receptor activation inhibits the development of kindled epilepsy in rats.

• estrogen: Some tumors have higher estrogen receptor levels than others.

• estrogen: Novel SERMs ( selective estrogen receptor modulators ) are taking a different tack in the R&D stakes.

• T-cell: T-cell receptor: a protein complex displayed on the surface of T cells that binds to antigen.