Sentence examples for bind to anthrax from inspiring English sources

The kits use antibodies that search out and bind to anthrax proteins, signaling a positive identification.

Evidence also indicates that some antibodies bind to anthrax spore proteins and prevent their germination, suggesting a role for antibody in interfering with the early stages of infection (12).

Protective antigen (PA) is a secreted virulence factor of Bacillus anthracis that binds to anthrax toxin receptors on mammalian cells and subsequently causes cell dysfunction and death [ 118].

During cellular intoxication, PA binds to the anthrax receptors expressed on the host cell surface and then is cleaved by a furin-like protease.

Dr. Lieber said that in a year or two the nanowire transistors could be used as biological sensors by adding sites for specific molecules -- say a piece of anthrax -- to bind to the nanowires.

Integrated has developed prototypes of a portable system that quickly identifies biological agents like anthrax when they bind to fragments of DNA it mounts on a microchip.

CMG2 enables the anthrax toxin to bind to cells, be internalized and reach the cytosol where it exerts its toxic function (van der Goot & Young, 2009).

Both 83 kD and 63 kD forms of PA (PA83 and PA63) can bind to either of two cellular receptors, ANTXR1 (anthrax toxin receptor 1/tumor endothelial marker 8; ATR/TEM8) or ANTXR2 (anthrax toxin receptor 2/capillary morphogenesis factor 2 CMG2) [6], [6].

One end of each probe was designed to bind to the free end of the target anthrax DNA; the other end carried a tiny gold particle.

If a piece of anthrax DNA is present, it will bind to two probes on the chip, completing a circuit so electricity will flow to mark its presence.

For example, anthrax lethal toxin, ricin and cholera toxin bind to a cell surface receptor and make use of cellular membrane trafficking to enter the cell [ 21, 22].