pilus
英 ['paɪləs] 美 ['paɪləs]

n.

（细胞、微生物等表面的）毛，纤毛，菌毛；

英英释义

pilus[ 'pailəs ]

• n.
  • any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

    同义词：hair

  • hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism

权威例句

Pilus assembly by Agrobacterium T-DNA transfer genes.
Type IV pilus structure bacterial pathogenicity
Pilus and nonpilus bacterial adhesins: assembly and function in cell recognition
A pneumococcal pilus influences virulence and host inflammatory responses
An inducible bundle-forming pilus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Group A Streptococcus produce pilus-like structures containing protective antigens and Lancefield T antigens
Use of phoA gene fusions to identify a pilus colonization factor coordinately regulated with cholera toxin
A bacteriophage encoding a pathogenicity island, a type-IV pilus and a phage receptor in cholera bacteria
Localization of the receptor-binding protein adhesin at the tip of the bacterial pilus
Use of phoA gene fusions to identify a pilus colonizing factor coordinately regulated with cholera toxin. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA