Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An antibody that is capable of causing the destruction or dissolution of red blood cells, bacteria, or other cellular elements.
- noun A substance that causes lysis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In physiol. chem., one of the hexon bases; a diamino acid of the composition C6H14N2O2, resulting on decomposition of most albumins, including the protamines. It is the mother-substance of the ptomaïne cadaverin.
- noun A substance, found in blood serum, which, when injected into the body of an animal, will cause the dissolution or destruction of cellular elements. Such lysins may be produced artificially by immunization with various cells in animals of different species, and are then lytic for the corresponding cells. Such bodies are the hemolysins, the leucolysins, endotheliolysins, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any
substance orantibody that can cause thedestruction (bylysis ) ofblood cells ,bacteria etc
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis
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Examples
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By harnessing the power of nature's own antibiotics, scientists have engineered an enzyme known as a lysin that not only kills MRSA in mice but also works synergistically with antibiotics that were once powerless against the formidable organism.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By harnessing the power of nature's own antibiotics, scientists have engineered an enzyme known as a lysin that not only kills MRSA in mice but also works synergistically with antibiotics that were once powerless against the formidable organism.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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By harnessing the power of nature's own antibiotics, scientists have engineered an enzyme known as a lysin that not only kills MRSA in mice but also works synergistically with antibiotics that were once powerless against the formidable organism.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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And we call such a method analysis, as being a solution backwards (anapalin lysin).
Analysis Beaney, Michael 2009
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By adding another fractional protein, lysin, the rats were made to thrive.
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The difference is often greater when using weaker solutions than when using stronger dilutions of lysin.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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"It's as if this chimeric lysin evolved on its own," says Fischetti.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Synergism between a novel chimeric lysin and oxacillin protects against infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, A.u Daniel, Chad Euler, Mattias Collin, Peter Chahales, Kenneth Gorelick and Vincent A. Fischetti
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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To develop a functional lysin, Fischetti's team, including Anu Daniel and Chad Euler, a former postdoc and a senior graduate fellow in the lab, respectively, took advantage of the modular nature of lysins.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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To develop a functional lysin, Fischetti's team, including Anu Daniel and Chad Euler, a former postdoc and a senior graduate fellow in the lab, respectively, took advantage of the modular nature of lysins.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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