The phrase "attach tightly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the action of securing or fastening something in a firm manner.
Example: "Make sure to attach tightly the straps to ensure the load does not shift during transport."
Alternatives: "fasten securely" or "bind firmly".
And other strains of E. coli that do attach tightly to the gut do not make Shiga toxins.
If the antisense strand could attach tightly enough and in the right place, it would become a wrench in the gears of the genetic machinery, and stop the virus from replicating.
The disadvantage of Biobrane is to attach tightly and damage the new granulation tissue (Heimbach et al. 1988).
So it's possible that each strain of norovirus has proteins that are adapted to attach tightly to certain blood type antigens, but not others.
These established less intimate contact with gland tissue, and in the rare instances that parasites adhered to microvilli, they did not appear to attach tightly to epithelial cell surface structures (Fig 7C F).
However, the caliber of 21 mm was undersized to attach tightly to the mucosa of the esophageal wall enabling running of fluids through the anastomotic leak (Fig. 2A).
Rehn said that the "systematic, specific, and rigorous" bailout plan came with strings attached tightly, including quarterly monitoring of Greek austerity measures.
A slime layer is loosely associated with the bacterium and can be easily washed off, whereas a capsule is attached tightly to the bacterium and has definite boundaries.
The nanowire penetrated the neuron membrane, which is attached tightly to the nanowires.
The top one is a very thin and not continuous black layer, which is attached tightly to a dark blue layer.
The implantable devices usually need to be attached tightly to the organs as long as there is no immune reaction from the organ.
