Sentence examples for sensitive to host from inspiring English sources

LB group spirochetes are sensitive to host blood components, which is one determinant of their preferential association with the vertebrate host species [2].

As for the influence of HT source, tetranucleotide-based methods (oli.chi2, oli.KL and signature) and the dinucleotide-based method (dint5) are less sensitive to host variation compared to GC based methods (GCtotal and GC1-GC3) or codon usage based methods.

This finding suggests the possibility that the reproductive manipulations of these parasites may be more generally sensitive to host shifts than their transovarial transmission.

In addition, the virulence of measles is notoriously sensitive to host nutritional status, so it is not clear what level of virulence to apply to the model.

Specific chemoreceptors expressed in antennal and palpal neurons of An. gambiae are sensitive to host odors, including volatile components produced from bacteria associated with human skin [ 17- 19].

We propose that ArnB is an excellent target for development of selective inhibitors that would abolish lipid A modification and render bacteria sensitive to host CAMPs and antibiotics that act by similar mechanisms such as Colistin.

At the time of the epidemic ∼85% of the U.S. maize crop was produced using T-CMS, which is highly sensitive to host-selective toxins produced by both race T of Cochliobolus heterostrophus (asexual stage of Bipolaris maydis), the causal agent of southern corn leaf blight, and Phyllosticta maydis, the causal agent of yellow leaf blight [14].

We are beginning to understand that the safari of a world that inhabits our bodies is highly diverse and sensitive to host-environment factors, and that perturbations of this jungle mirror, and perhaps cause, diseases as disparate as inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, and obesity [ 1- 3].

This response is a neuroendocrine manifestation of the HPA axis, considered to be superimposed over the regular diurnal cortisol rhythm [23], and has been demonstrated to be sensitive to a host of psychological conditions and stressors.

Birds are sensitive to a host of ecological threats (see [44]) including habitat degradation [51] and fragmentation [52], invasive species [53], [54], climate change [25], [55], [56], emergent disease [57], [58], and pollution [59], [60], so bird declines identified here are a warning of environmental problems.

H. arabidopsidis is a classic obligate biotroph and would therefore be sensitive to any host induced cell death which would limit this pathogen's access to living tissue.