Sentences with phrase «within host cells»

In addition, these data suggest that bacteria that survive within host cells contribute significantly to infectious disease pathology, and should be considered a potential source of drug resistance.

At some point, Martin speculates, the bacterium gave the archaean a gene for membrane synthesis, leading to a bubbling up of membrane within the host cell, something like what happens when modern eukaryotes divide and then reform their nucleus from membrane pieces grown inside them.

Dr Tunnicliffe, who is the first author of the paper, said: «Viruses can not survive or replicate on their own — they need the resources and apparatus within a host cell to do so.»

When Cary applied for the program at Scripps, his background with bivalves caught the attention of Horst Felbeck, one of the first to identify endosymbionts (symbiotic microbes that reside within the host cell) in vent clams and mussels.

Dr Vince said that soon after infecting a macrophage, Legionella bacteria alter the composition of proteins within their host cell to prevent the host from detecting the infection.

The CRISPR / Cas adaptive immune system seems like the winning ticket to ensure prokaryotic survival; however, viruses, too, are famous for their ability to devise new strategies to reproduce within a host cell.

This early appearance of parasites in the brain and meninges may be related to the greater motility of Type I parasites in comparison to other strains [25], or may reflect more rapid dissemination within host cells.

The virus lives within a host cell and replicates by altering the cell's normal DNA.

Inhibiting neuraminidase effectively locks the new viral organisms within their host cell, imprisoning them so that they can not infect new cells.

When the compound is introduced into infected cells, viral budding (release) is suppressed thereby confining it within the host cells.