This is a polypeptide of 121 amino acids which requires processing by the removal of 47 residues to form a T-pilus subunit.
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Its scientific name, " atropilosa " comes from the Latin'atro'for black and'pilus'for hair.
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The investigator, Edward Pilus, 44, of Troop F in Middletown, is accused of fabricating evidence in a 1991 Rockland County carjacking.
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PilS and PilR, regulatory transcription factors best known from the " Pseudomonas aeruginosa " pilus system, also may regulate pilA expression.
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Pilus'case has been particularly embarrassing for the state police because he was part of an elite unit looking into evidence tampering across the state.
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Harvey and three other troopers-- David Harding, Robert Lishansky, and Edward Pilus-- have admitted wrongdoing and are serving prison terms.
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These pili have also been shown to be reduced in number as pathogenesis progresses . ?54 regulates the transcription of pilA1, a major pilus subunit.
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On the other hand, bacterial conjugation is a type of direct transfer of DNA between two bacteria through an external appendage called the conjugation pilus.
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In exchange for pleading guilty, London said, Pilus hopes to receive concurrent sentences in the two cases, probably three to seven years in prison.
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Pilus, who was dismissed from the state police after his conviction, is one of six state police investigators charged in the evidence-tampering scandal.
