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However, in segmented filamentous bacteria-colonized mice, basally resident alveolar macrophages were altered to resist influenza virus infection depletion and inflammatory signaling.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024
Head and tail viruses infect bacteria and have a head that is similar to icosahedral viruses and a tail shape like filamentous viruses.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Fungi establish deeply symbiotic relationships with trees and other plants through intricate underground networks of thread-like filamentous structures, which improve access to water and nutrients for the plants in exchange for carbohydrates.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021
Dangling from the bottom, like the tentacles of a jellyfish, was a mass of filamentous roots.
From Golf Digest • May 8, 2020
Genes reside on chromosomes—long, filamentous structures buried within cells that contain tens of thousands of genes linked together in chains.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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