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- noun molecular biology A cell surface
receptor that binds asignaling molecule in addition to a primary receptor in order to facilitateligand recognition and initiate a biological process, such as entry of apathogen into a host cell
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With a few apparent exceptions,18 HIV enters its target cells of the immune system by first binding tightly and specifically to one of the many kinds of proteins on their surface, and then reaching over to bind another protein called a coreceptor.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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With a few apparent exceptions,18 HIV enters its target cells of the immune system by first binding tightly and specifically to one of the many kinds of proteins on their surface, and then reaching over to bind another protein called a coreceptor.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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With a few apparent exceptions,18 HIV enters its target cells of the immune system by first binding tightly and specifically to one of the many kinds of proteins on their surface, and then reaching over to bind another protein called a coreceptor.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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With a few apparent exceptions,18 HIV enters its target cells of the immune system by first binding tightly and specifically to one of the many kinds of proteins on their surface, and then reaching over to bind another protein called a coreceptor.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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But CD 4 can't do the job all by itself Since the late 1980s scientists worldwide have been racing each other to discover another "coreceptor" on the surface of T-cell lymphocytes (immune-system cells that are particular targets of HIV) and other cells.
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Some humans are resistant to HIV because they burn the bridge that the virus uses to invade the cell: They have a broken copy of the gene for a coreceptor.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Some humans are resistant to HIV because they burn the bridge that the virus uses to invade the cell: They have a broken copy of the gene for a coreceptor.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Some humans are resistant to HIV because they burn the bridge that the virus uses to invade the cell: They have a broken copy of the gene for a coreceptor.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Some humans are resistant to HIV because they burn the bridge that the virus uses to invade the cell: They have a broken copy of the gene for a coreceptor.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Prototypic T cell receptor and CD4-like coreceptor are expressed by lymphocytes in the agnathan sea lamprey.
Stuck on you, biological Velcro and the evolution of adaptive immunity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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