| 单词 | receptor-destroying enzyme |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreceptor-destroying enzyme receptor-destroying enzyme n. Medicine any enzyme that inactivates or removes cellular receptors; esp. viral or bacterial neuraminidase. ΚΠ 1948 F. M. Burnet in Lancet 3 Jan. 9/1 In these respects, as well as in the kinetics of its activity, the agent behaved as a typical enzyme and we have referred to it as the receptor-destroying enzyme. 1970 F. J. Fenner & D. O. White Med. Virol. iii. 45 The importance of glycoprotein receptors for the attachment of influenza virus has been demonstrated in experiments in which they have been destroyed by bacterial neuraminidase (‘receptor-destroying enzyme’). 2006 Glycoconjugate Jrnl. 23 51 As in the case of influenza viruses, the receptor-destroying enzyme of BCoV [= bovine coronavirus] is believed to facilitate the spread of virus infection by removing receptor determinants from the surface of infected cells and by preventing the formation of virus aggregates. < as lemmas |
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