Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various substances present on the cell membranes of bacteria that facilitate binding to the cell of a host and that are used as antigens in some vaccines because their location on the cell surface makes them accessible to antibodies.
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- noun biochemistry Any of several
factors that enablebacteria toadhere toepithelial surfaces as a step towardsinfection
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What's more, the bugs now lacks an "adhesin" gene as in "adhesion" usually linked to the germ sticking to things.
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Secondly, Matzke assumes that upon reaching a level (for example, the co-opt an adhesin) the subsequent stage (the initial secretion injectisome Adhäsinring as) an undirected by the evolutionary process actually selectable option.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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This is not a viable co-opt an adhesin precursor to the formation
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Fifth, one might then speculate that from this initial adhesin by consecutive (following) mutations later developed the multimeric flagellins (building blocks of the Scourge).
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The detailed discussion of the various changes that for a co-opted an adhesin protein are probably required, there is evidence of specific research projects that might help to solve a postulated evolutionary path of the emergence of bacteria engine are carried out.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The coupling to the secretion apparatus adhesin a high affinity protein-protein coupling is required.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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According to co-opt and mutation in an adhesin binding protein now transformed to a protein on the outside of the secretion apparatus black dumbbell and can attach themselves out from there to an extracellular substrate.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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This figure was derived from experimental work on the change of function of proteins and is about the lessons on the basis of other sources number of changes which are in Figure 8 of this work for the example of the co-option of the adhesin collected.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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This creates an overall operational construct, it is necessary that the control of gene expression of the duplicated and mutated adhesin is reasonably fit.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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However, the required power in our context from the beginning to be quite stable because the binding of the bacteria to a surface by the adhesin that would otherwise be swept away by the secretion apparatus.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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