glycoprotein Definition
gly·co·pro·tein (glī′kō prō′tēn′)
noun
any of a class of compounds in which a protein is combined with a carbohydrate group
glycoprotein Usage Examples
Converse of object
- associate: Most of our work centers on one called myelin associated glycoprotein, or MAG.
- produce: Interferon - a glycoprotein produced by cell s which mobilize the T lymphocytes to inhibit viruses and the growth of cancer cells.
- synthesize: It is a large glycoprotein synthesized by thyroid follicle cells.
Adjective modifier
- variant: This surface coat is a monolayer of five million variant surface glycoprotein ( VSG ) dimers that form a macromolecular diffusion barrier.
- large: It is a large glycoprotein synthesized by thyroid follicle cells.
- major: The major glycoprotein extracted from the cell is identified at 100 kD.
Modifies a noun
- iib/iiia: An overview of the results of clinical trials with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors.
- gp120: The HIV-1 surface envelope glycoprotein gp120 binds to CD4, leaving its V3 domain available for secondary interactions with raft GSLs.
- antagonist: A number of potent glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists have been developed for therapeutic use.
- inhibitor: An overview of the results of clinical trials with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors.
- hormone: The glycoprotein hormones have an a and b subunit.
- receptor: Use of a monoclonal antibody directed against the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor in high-risk coronary angioplasty.
Noun used with modifier
- platelet: Use of a monoclonal antibody directed against the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor in high-risk coronary angioplasty.
- envelope: The helper virus envelope glycoprotein affects the disease specificity of a recombinant murine leukemia virus carrying a v- myc oncogene.
- membrane: Both receptor binding and membrane fusion processes are mediated by the Haemagglutinin virus membrane glycoprotein.
- virus: This may be associated with the two forms of the virus glycoprotein.
- surface: The HIV-1 surface envelope glycoprotein gp120 binds to CD4, leaving its V3 domain available for secondary interactions with raft GSLs.
- cell: By contrast PrPc, the normal prion, is ubiquitous; a cell membrane glycoprotein found on and in all cells studied.
Preposition: of
virus: The intact retroviral Env glycoprotein of human foamy virus is a trimer.
Preposition: with
weight: It is mainly composed of glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 10,000.
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