adhesins

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000101",
  "term": "adhesins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Cell-surface components or appendages of bacteria that facilitate adhesion to other cells or to inanimate surfaces. Most fimbriae of gram-negative bacteria function as adhesins, but in many cases it is a minor subunit protein at the tip of the fimbriae that is the actual adhesin. In gram-positive bacteria, a protein or polysaccharide surface layer serves as the specific adhesin.",
  "synonyms": [
    "bacterial adhesins"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "bacterial proteins",
    "outer membrane proteins",
    "fimbriae",
    "bacterial adhesion"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "adhesinas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/adhesins/"
}