Sentences with phrase «latch onto host»

This protein allows flu viruses to latch onto host cells.

An infection begins when the virus, traveling in a spherical particle studded with the viral envelope protein, latches onto a host cell and forces its way in.

A vaccine under development prevents adhesion proteins at the tips of spaghettilike pili on UTI - causing bacteria (left) from latching onto host cells.

Hemaggluttinin's second job — after latching onto the host receptor — is to fuse viral and host cells» membranes once the virus enters the cell.

As long as the tick is removed within 48 hours of latching onto the host, the bacteria is not transmitted from an infected tick.

Not exact matches

Once it latches onto a suitable host, it finds its way to the root system and travels up to the xylem vessels - a plant's main water transporters.

They do their dirty work by infiltrating bacteria, including disease - causing germs, and destroying them from within: After latching onto bacteria, the phages bore inside and hijack the bacteria's genetic machinery, turning them into phage factories that eventually make so many copies that the cells burst, killing off the host.

Now, Skehel, along with colleagues at Harvard, Yale, and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, has used that sequence to build the virus's hemagglutinin (HA)-- a protein that latches onto receptors on the host cell surface — and determine its structure.

When the viruses latch onto gut bacteria, they take some of their host's genetic material and can change it or move it to other hosts, bringing new and potentially advantageous functions to the bugs.

«Parasites have all sorts of neat tricks that they use to latch onto and colonize hosts,» Karp said.

A tick latches onto a person or an animal for a period of time as it sucks blood from the host.

In addition, fleas can survive off an animal host for 2 weeks, which means they can hide out in your furniture and rugs before eventually latching onto your furry friend.