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Descriptor English:   Fimbriae, Bacterial 
Descriptor Spanish:   Fimbrias Bacterianas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Fímbrias Bacterianas 
Synonyms English:   Bacterial Fimbria
Bacterial Pilus
Common Fimbria
Common Pilus
Fimbria, Bacterial
Pilus, Bacterial
Fimbria, Common
Fimbriae, Common
Pilus, Common
Bacterial Fimbriae
Bacterial Pili
Common Fimbriae
Common Pili
Pili, Bacterial
Pili, Common  
Tree Number:   A11.284.180.285
A20.843
Definition English:   Thin, hairlike appendages, 1 to 20 microns in length and often occurring in large numbers, present on the cells of gram-negative bacteria, particularly Enterobacteriaceae and Neisseria. Unlike flagella, they do not possess motility, but being protein (pilin) in nature, they possess antigenic and hemagglutinating properties. They are of medical importance because some fimbriae mediate the attachment of bacteria to cells via adhesins (ADHESINS, BACTERIAL). Bacterial fimbriae refer to common pili, to be distinguished from the preferred use of "pili", which is confined to sex pili (PILI, SEX). 
Indexing Annotation English:   appendages of gram-neg bact; coord IM with specific bacterium (IM or NIM) if pertinent; A 11 qualif except /cytol; /genet permitted; DF: FIMBRIAE BACT
See Related English:   Adhesins, Bacterial
 
History Note English:   95; was PILI, BACTERIAL 1980-94; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL was see PILI, BACTERIAL 1980-94 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
CH chemistry CL classification
DE drug effects EN enzymology
GE genetics IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
PS parasitology PA pathology
PH physiology RE radiation effects
SE secretion TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure VI virology
Record Number:   31968 
Unique Identifier:   D010861 

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