Sentence examples for infectious phenotype from inspiring English sources

The acquisition of genes conferring an infectious phenotype to E. faecium is thought to be a recent phenomenon, and coincides with the global emergence of E. faecium as a nosocomial pathogen since the late 1980s [ 15].

It remains to be determined to what extent bacteriophages contribute to niche adaptation and an infectious phenotype in E. faecium, but the wide variety of phages that has been identified in this relatively small sample of strains show that they have a major role in shaping the genome of E. faecium.

These infectious phenotypes can be beneficial, as with yeast prions, or deleterious, as with mammalian prions that transmit spongiform encephalopathies.

Knock-out mutants for luxS have been investigated for modifications of infectious phenotypes in some of the currently sequenced pathogens.

contribute not only to classic autoimmune and infectious disease phenotypes, but also to a large proportion of the divergent phenotypes represented, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, kidney disease, as well as Alzheimer's disease and longevity, among others.

MBL2 is one of the most extensively studied but still controversial candidate genes reported to be associated with sepsis and infectious disease phenotypes [ 7, 8].

However, sporadic reports in which significant therapeutic potential was achieved [ 4- 6] suggest that a distinct subclass of patients with an infectious-associated phenotype may exist.

Our findings show differences in 2 alternative codons of the FCoV S gene that correlate with the feline infectious peritonitis disease phenotype in >95% of cases.

Thus lys-7 and abl-1 show reciprocal regulation of expression and identical loss-of-function phenotypes upon infectious challenge.

The result will provide vital information regarding the protozoa found at different geographic locations, thus facilitating correlation of the identified organisms with the clinical phenotypes of infectious disease prevalent among the population inhibiting specific geographical locations.

The vaccine strains of measles CAM-70 (Biken, Osaka, Japan) and Schwarz (Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Osaka, Japan) were propagated from the vaccine formulations in B95a cells, a subclone of B95-8 with adherent phenotype, and the infectious titer was assessed as 50% tissue culture infectious dose on B95a cells.