Definition of ligand
: a group, ion, or molecule coordinated to a central atom or molecule in a complex
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Geoff Burnstock (University College London) discovered purinergic signaling in 1972, and has been characterizing the nucleotide and nucleoside ligands, their receptors and their biology ever since.
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Last year one of Schelter's postdocs synthesized a three-armed molecule, called a tripodal ligand.
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That process is sometimes referred to as in vitro selection or SELEX — systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment.
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Origin and Etymology of ligand
Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligare
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