Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A substance, such as an enzyme, that is capable of destroying the cells or tissues of an organism within which it is produced.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lysin which will cause the dissolution of cells in the body of the animal in which it is formed. The formation of such bodies is rare. Also
autocytolysin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any
enzyme thathydrolyses a component of thecell (ortissue ) in which it is produced
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Examples
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PLN remains within the pneumococcus during bacterial growth, but is released when the pathogen autodestructs by expressing autolysin
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mark C. Dessing et al. 2009
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Paton JC, Hansman D (1992) Effect of insertional inactivation of the genes encoding pneumolysin and autolysin on the virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mark C. Dessing et al. 2009
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