Pilus

They carried a spear, which they called Pilus, and which they hurled at the enemy at the start of a battle.

The Art of War 2003

I must, however, speak again to thee about what another brahmana had said unto us in the Kuru court, 'There where forests of Pilus stand, and those five rivers flow, viz., the Satadru, the Vipasa, the Iravati, the

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

Pezzicoli A, Santi I, Lauer P, Rosini R, Rinaudo D, et al. (2008) Pilus backbone contributes to group B Streptococcus paracellular translocation through epithelial cells.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cira Daniela Rinaudo et al. 2010

Pilus type 2a, which includes seven variants based on the amino acid sequences of its structural proteins, appears to be the most represented of the pilus types, being present in over 70% of the clinical isolates analyzed and, in contrast with the other two pilus types, was found alone in a large number of strains

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cira Daniela Rinaudo et al. 2010

Pezzicoli A, Santi I, Lauer P, Rosini R, Rinaudo D, et al. (2008) Pilus backbone contributes to group B Streptococcus paracellular translocation through epithelial cells.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cira Daniela Rinaudo et al. 2010

Pilus Variant 2a Is Specifically Required for Biofilm Formation The data shown above suggest that only pilus type 2a and not the other pilus types plays a role in biofilm formation.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cira Daniela Rinaudo et al. 2010

Pilus type 2a, which includes seven variants based on the amino acid sequences of its structural proteins, appears to be the most represented of the pilus types, being present in over 70% of the clinical isolates analyzed and, in contrast with the other two pilus types, was found alone in a large number of strains

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cira Daniela Rinaudo et al. 2010

BACTERIAL STRUCTURE Motility Protein (flagellin): basal body, hook, filament Flagellum Motility of spirochetes Axial filaments Common: attach to cell surface Sex: conjugation Glycoprotein (pilin) Pilus/fimbriae Storage of food and energy Glycoprotein, lipids, polyphosphates Granule Resistance to drying, heat, chemicals, UVL Keratin-like coat, dipicolinic acid Endospore Genes for antibiotic R, toxins DNA Plasmid Genetic material DNA Nucleoid Function Chem Comp Structure

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Sure its fun, intellectually satisfying and all, but as one who obsesses over his various arts and crafts, it also means suddenly noticing that dawn has long broken, my desktop is littered with code fragments, safety backup versions and HTML translation options, and the Pilus Fairies have come and gone and sketched a two-foot beard on my chin.

d r i f t g l a s s 2008

Pilus, Bleuyn, bleutyn, t; ovleu - ynj Pcllel i vriuo peth.

Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: : from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. 1707