The pilus is a long, hair-like appendage that the bacterium uses to reach out to human cells that it infects.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

It does explore the topic of homology between the flagellar axial proteins rod-hook-filament and the T3SS pilus, which is incredibly useful.    From Wordnik.com.  [When did ID "Jump the Shark"? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Tasmin turned Ekarete and guided her to the pilus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Gnaeus Petreius, the Samnite primus pilus centurion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Man in Rome]

So he found a veteran primus pilus centurion, and asked him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Man in Rome]

A pilus extended from Tasmin's ship; Yalnis's ship accepted it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

A desperate pilus stretched from the outer flank of Ekarete's ship.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Seyyan entered the pilus that connected Yalnis's ship with her own craft.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

The pilus ripped free of Yalnis's ship and sank into the substance of Seyyan's craft.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Air rushed past Yalnis in a quick blast; the wind fell still as her ship clenched its pilus and resorbed it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Did he take it and put it on his own head, or did the primus pilus Marcus Canuleius crown him with it on behalf of the army?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grass Crown]

His frowning gaze rested upon Caesar and the pilus prior centurion who commanded that cohort of rebels he had originally intended as arrow fodder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fortune's Favorites]

Francisella tularensis subsp. novicida type IV pilus.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Role of the three pilus islands in biofilm formation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Role of pilus type 1 and pilus type 2b in biofilm formation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

(A) Schematic representation of pilus island 2a in GBS strain 515.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Contribution of pilus 2a subunits and sortase A in biofilm formation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

In 1623, from Latin horripilatio, from horripilare "to bristle" + pilus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Inhibition of biofilm formation by antibodies against pilus 2a proteins.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

AP2-2a gene; (H) 515ΔPI-2a, strain carrying deletion of the whole pilus island 2a.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

As shown in Correlation between surface exposure of pilus type 2a and biofilm formation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Some Roman authors resorted to palpebrārum pilus lit. ` eyelids 'hair' for ` eyelashes. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3] Reference

Those experiments established that pneumococci do use those controls to regulate the pilus locus.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

ΔBP-1, strain CJB111 with in-frame deletion of the gene coding for the backbone protein of pilus 1.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

These strains had been previously shown to express at least one of the three pilus types identified in GBS.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

ΔBP-2b, strain ABC020017623 with in-frame deletion of the gene coding for the backbone protein of pilus 2b.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The synthesis of the F pilus, the receptor of the phage, is blocked during infection, preventing superinfection.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Indeed, we observed that a quite consistent number of strains not expressing pilus 2a were able to form biofilms.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

High molecular weight polymers, which indicate incorporation of the protein into pilus-like structures were detected.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Pili (singular: pilus) - these spikes allow the cell to stick to surfaces and transfer genetic material to other cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

The antigenicity of its pilus proteins varies significantly, thereby allowing the organisms to evade the immune response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

CLSM micrographs comparing biofilm formation of the wild type GBS strain 515 and the deletion mutant strains for each pilus 2a gene.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Complementation was carried out by transforming the mutant 515ΔPI-2a with recombinant pAM401 plasmids carrying the whole pilus islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The scientists hypothesized that the imported pilus genetic package had adapted to a preexisting set of molecular controls in its new host environment.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

In their experiments, the researchers genetically altered strains of pneumococci to shut down those controls to see whether pilus development was affected.    From Wordnik.com. Reference