Sentence examples for decrease in cell hydrophobicity from inspiring English sources

The adaptive decrease in cell hydrophobicity makes conditions less favourable for interactions between the cell and the amphipathic fatty acid.

Growth in the presence of 0.1 mM linoleic acid resulted in both strains exhibiting decreased partitioning indicating a decrease in cell surface hydrophobicity (Fig. 3C).

The same deletion strain cannot invade agar plates and shows a decrease in cell wall hydrophobicity.

This short-term adaptation was accompanied by a change in membrane lipid composition and a decrease in cell surface hydrophobicity.

While unadapted E. coli had a %MATH value of 22%%, C8-adapted E. coli had a value of only 5.0%%, indicating a decrease in cell surface hydrophobicity during adaptation.

In this study, S.s bacteriocin resulted in the decrease of cell surface hydrophobicity in C.a and C.t.

We observed growth inhibition and alteration of the cell wall of C. albicans, which may be related to a change in cell surface hydrophobicity, decrease in the capacity of adherence to eukaryotic cells and glass surfaces, inhibition of germ-tube formation and stimulus of phagocytosis by macrophages.

To understand the influence of these aromatic amino acids and the associated high hydrophobicity, apoA-I variants were engineered in which aliphatic amino acids were substituted with or without causing a decrease in overall hydrophobicity.

The use of the peptide chelator HEHEHE at the N-terminus led to a decrease in local hydrophobicity and significant suppression of hepatic uptake of [99mTc(CO)3]+- HE 3-ZIGF1R:4551.

Plasma treating surfaces for 30 s at a medium radio frequency (RF; 10.15 W) showed a marked decrease in PCL hydrophobicity (Figs. 3 panel B and 4).

The hydrocarbon degradation activity and cell hydrophobicity were also investigated in relation to n-alkane utilization.