Sentence examples for mediating pilus adhesion from inspiring English sources

In situ immuno-electron microscopy experiments showed the minor subunit (FimH) mediating pilus adhesion to bladder epithelial cells to be the distal protein of the pilus tip, which had a spring-like appearance at higher magnification.

Integrins constitute the main cell surface adhesion receptors mediating cell-ECM adhesion.

Another member of the large aggregating chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans, versican, also plays a role in mediating cell adhesion and migration18.

We propose that these families are the reservoirs from which primordial multicellularity genes, mediating cell cell adhesion, were recruited.

Pilus-mediated adhesion and filament retraction participate in a signalling system in which Nme is capable of modulating the host cell signalling machinery through T4P [16].

It is, therefore, possible that other factors besides CD46 are involved in mediating meningococcal pilus interactions with human cells and tissues.

The homologous pilus structure of C. diphtheriae NCTC 13129 can mediate the adhesion of the pathogen to human pharyngeal epithelial cells, which is a crucial step during infection [ 64].

This pilus structure can mediate the initial adhesion of C. aurimucosum ATCC 700975 to host tissues particularly during vaginal infection and/or colonization [ 58].

Expression of pilP was up-regulated, which is important for PilQ multimerization and PilC-mediated pilus assembly [74], [75].

Bacteria use Tfp as 'grappling hooks' and upon PilT-mediated pilus retraction pull themselves towards the site where the pilus is attached (Mattick 2002).

Calcium-bound PilY1 inhibits PilT-mediated pilus retraction, while in a calcium-free state it is unable to do so, resulting in a non-piliated phenotype.