Sentences with phrase «flagellin protein»

Martin and his colleagues worked with postdoctoral researcher Christopher Clarke and Professor Boris Vinatzer at Virginia Tech, who previously identified flgII - 28 as a conserved segment of the flagellin protein that tomatoes can detect.

When bacteria invade the plant, the FLS3 receptor binds to a region of the flagellin protein called flgII - 28 and triggers an immune response.

In particular, he has focused on targeting the gene coding for flagellin protein b, or flaB, which has proved to be quite distinct from one genospecies to the next.

FLS3 detects a part of the flagellum, a tail - like appendage that helps bacteria swim through their environment and consists mostly of flagellin proteins.

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The researchers were testing whether an injection of flagellin, a protein that's part of the tails (or flagella) some bacteria use to propel themselves, activates the body's antibacterial defenses.

Now new research from McGill University demonstrates yet another way that the humble cranberry may be a woman's best friend: «In lab studies, cranberry prevented the bacteria from producing a specific protein called flagellin, which is necessary for growing the tails that enable them to swim up the urinary tract and attach to cells,» explains lead study author Nathalie Tufenkji, PhD.