Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An ion, molecule, or molecular group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex.

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  • noun chemistry An ion, molecule, or functional group that binds to another chemical entity to form a larger complex.

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  • noun a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligāre, to bind; see ligate.]

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From Latin ligandus, gerundive of ligare ‘to bind’.

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Examples

  • It turns out that a single molybdenum center within a properly designed protective ligand is sufficient.

    Richard R. Schrock - Autobiography 2006

  • (A ligand is a molecule that binds to the receptor to form a biologically active complex.) "In bad times, the ligand is not made and the nuclear receptor (DAF-12) causes the animals to go into the long lived dauer stage, shutting down the microRNAs and the developmental clock," he said.

    Baylor College of Medicine News 2009

  • This first-in-class monoclonal antibody targets RANK ligand, which is involved in bone-degenerating osteoclasts.

    PharmaTimes World News 2009

  • (A ligand is a molecule that binds to the receptor to form a biologically active complex.) "In bad times, the ligand is not made and the nuclear receptor (DAF-12) causes the animals to go into the long lived dauer stage, shutting down the microRNAs and the developmental clock," he said.

    Baylor College of Medicine News 2009

  • KemPharm's LAT platform generates modified versions of FDA-approved drugs by chemically attaching a removable substituent, called a ligand, to the approved drug, resulting in a prodrug that is an NCE with potentially improved therapeutic characteristics based on enhanced pharmacokinetic profiles and other characteristics.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • (A ligand is a molecule that binds to the receptor to form a biologically active complex.) "In bad times, the ligand is not made and the nuclear receptor (DAF-12) causes the animals to go into the long lived dauer stage, shutting down the microRNAs and the developmental clock," he said.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Recently the intracellular protein BAT3, which is involved in DNA damage induced apoptosis, was identified as a ligand for NKp30.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Venkateswara Rao Simhadri et al. 2008

  • Recently the intracellular protein BAT3, which is involved in DNA damage induced apoptosis, was identified as a ligand for NKp30.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

  • Recently the intracellular protein BAT3, which is involved in DNA damage induced apoptosis, was identified as a ligand for NKp30.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

  • He introduced the system of 'Stock notation' in 1919 for naming inorganic compounds containing elements with variable valencies (for example copper (I) sulphate and copper (II) sulphate) and introduced the word 'ligand' in transition metal chemistry.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows AHardwicke 2009

  • Current separation methods often use molecules known as ligands to bind to positively charged lanthanide ions in solution, forming coordination complexes.

    Element from the periodic table’s far reaches coaxed into elusive compound Mark Peplow 2024

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