ligeren

Dutch

• ligeren (ligeerde, heeft geligeerd)

1. afbinden (afbinden van eileiders = tubal ligation)
2. het verrichten van een ligatie met ligatuur (chir. bindmateriaal of ligatieclip)
2. een moleculaire reactie die twee stukjes DNA verbindt 

English

• ligate

ligate:

1. Surgery
tie up (an artery or vessel): 
“the uterine artery was ligated”

2. Biochemistry
join (molecules or molecular fragments) together with a new chemical bond:
“we ligated these proteins to create three triangular nanostructures”

ligand (noun):

1. Chemistry
an ion or molecule attached to a metal atom by coordinate bonding.
“The bonding between the ligand and the metal ion is intermediate between covalent and electrostatic.”

1.1 Biochemistry
a molecule that binds to another (usually larger) molecule.
“Inside the human body, there are mu, Kappa, and delta opiate receptors, to which the enkephalins and endorphins bind as ligands.”

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