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fimbrillins

fimbrillins is the plural of fimbrillin.

Meaning of fimbrillin

Noun

fimbrillin (plural fimbrillins)

  1. Any of a class of subunit proteins in the fimbria of some bacteria
    • These are filamentous components on the cell surface, and their subunit protein, fimbrillin (FimA), reportedly acts on bacterial interaction with host tissues by mediating bacterial adhesion and colonization in targeted sites.2015, Nora SILVA et al., “Host response mechanisms in periodontal diseases”, in Journal of Applied Oral Science, volume 23, →DOI

Questions about fimbrillins

What is fimbrillins the plural of?
Fimbrillins is the plural of fimbrillin.

Words near fimbrillins in the dictionary

  1. fimbriids
  2. fimbrilin
  3. fimbrilins
  4. fimbrillate
  5. fimbrillin
  6. fimbrillins
  7. fimbrin
  8. fimbrins
  9. fimbriome
  10. fimbriomes
  11. fimbriæ

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