| filamen | A high-molecular-weight, actin-binding protein that is part of the intracellular filamentous structure of fibroblastic cells; its distribution in cells is derived from its interaction with polymerised actin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| filament | See: thick filaments, thin filaments, intermediate filaments and microfilaments. (18 Nov 1997) |
| filament polymorphonuclear leukocyte | Any mature polymorphonuclear leukocyte, especially a neutrophilic leukocyte, in which the lobes of the nucleus are interconnected with a thin strand or filament of chromatin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filament-nonfilament count | A differential count of the number of neutrophils showing nuclear division and those showing no such division. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filamentary keratitis | A condition characterised by the formation of epithelial filaments of varying size and length on the corneal surface. Synonym: keratitis filamentosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filamentary keratopathy | Formation of fine elongations of corneal epithelium in inflammation, oedema, and degenerative states. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filamentous | <cell biology> In the form of very long rods, many times longer than wide. (10 Mar 1998) |
| filamentous bacterial viruses | Deoxyribonucleoproteins that "infect" and replicate in Gram-negative bacteria having sex pili and that, unlike bacteriophage, are released from infected bacteria without damage to the cell; they seem to be of two kinds, one of which has a specificity for F pili and the other for I pili. Synonym: fibrous bacterial viruses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filamentous bacteriophage | <molecular biology> A type of single-stranded DNA bacteriophage (virus which infects bacteria) that has a capsid which is long and thin, like a filament. Examples include the viruses F1 and M13. (10 Mar 1998) |
| filamentous colony | In bacteriology, a colony composed of long, interwoven, irregularly disposed threads. (05 Mar 2000) |
| filamentum | A fibril, fine fibre, or threadlike structure. Synonym: filament. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |