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Definitions of pilus in various dictionaries:
noun - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
noun - hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism
noun - a hair or hairlike structure
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| A hair or hairlike structure, especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism. |
| Microbiology. A proteinaceous filamentous structure projecting from the surface of a bacterium or other microorganism specifically (more fully "sex pilus") any of those present singly or in small numbers on the surface of Gram-negative bacteria, which are encoded by conjugative plasmids and play a role in conjugation. |
| hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism |
| any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal |
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A pilus (Latin for 'hair'; plural : pili) is a hair-like appendage found on the surface of many bacteria. The terms pilus and fimbria (Latin for 'fringe'; plural: fimbriae) can be used interchangeably, although some researchers reserve the term pilus for the appendage required for bacterial conjugation. All pili in the latter sense are primarily composed of pilin proteins, which are oligomeric. * Dozens of these structures can exist on the bacteria. Some bacteria, viruses or bacteriophages attach to receptors on pili at the start of their reproductive cycle. * Pili are antigenic. They are also fragile and constantly replaced, sometimes with pili of different composition, resulting in altered antigenicity. Specific host responses to old pili structure are not effective on the new structure. Recombination genes of pili code for variable (V) and constant (C) regions of the pili (similar to immunoglobulin diversity).* |