cytolysin

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cytolysin

[si-tol´ĭ-sin]

a substance or antibody that produces cytolysis.

cy·tol·y·sin

(sī-tol'i-sin),

A substance that is, an antibody that effects partial or complete destruction of an animal cell; may require complement.
See also: perforin.

cytolysin

/cy·tol·y·sin/ (si-tol´ĭ-sin) a substance or antibody that produces cytolysis.

cytolysin

(sī-tŏl′ĭ-sĭn)

A substance, such as an antibody, capable of dissolving or destroying cells.

cytolysin

[sītol′isin]

Etymology: Gk, kytos + lyein, to loosen

an antibody that dissolves antigenic cells. Examples of cytolysin are bacteriolysin and hemolysin.

cy·tol·y·sin

(sī-tol'i-sin)

A substance, i.e., an antibody, which effects partial or complete destruction of an animal cell; may require complement.
See also: perforin

cytolysin

a substance or antibody which causes cytolysis.

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Structural, Functional and Evolutionary study of In silico Three Dimensional Model of Pneumolysin

Menestrina (2001) Effects of lipid composition on membrane permeabilization by Sticholysin I and II, two cytolysins of the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus.

Ensenanza de la Bioquimica para las carreras de Biologia y Microbiologia de la facultad de Biologia, Universidad de La Habana, en el Plan de Estudio D

2003) has suggested that cytolysin production ((3 hemolysis) is widespread among enterococci.

Prevalence, antibiotic resistance and virulence factor expression of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates from the Upper Passaic River, Morris County, NJ

Vibrio cholerae cytolysin is essential for high enterotoxicity and apoptosis induction produced by a cholera toxin gene-negative V.

The role of C-terminus carbohydrate-binding domain of Vibrio cholerae haemolysin/cytolysin in the conversion of the pre-pore [beta]-barrel oligomer to a functional diffusion channel

Pleurotolysin, a novel sphingomyelin-specific two-component cytolysin from the edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, assembles into a transmembrane pore complex.

Nebrodeolysin, a novel hemolytic protein from mushroom Pleurotus nebrodensis with apoptosis-inducing and anti-HIV-1 effects

Shvets (1998): <<Low-molecular cytolysins and trypsin inhibitors from sea anemone Radianthus macrodactylus.

Proteic serine-proteases inhibitor isolated from marine invertebrates/Inhibidores de serino proteasas de naturaleza proteica aislados de invertebrados marinos

Sword and shield: linked group B streptococcal beta-hemolysin/ cytolysin and carotenoid pigment function to subvert host phagocyte defense.

Bacterial phenotype variants in group B streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

SLO is an important GAS cytolysin that enhances cytotoxicity and toxin translocation (34,35), and its heightened expression would be expected to increase virulence.

Rise and persistence of global M1T1 clone of Streptococcus pyogenes

metschnikovii produces a cytolysin with hemolytic properties (10).

Vibrio metschnikovii pneumonia

These findings suggest that neither metalloprotease nor cytolysin is essential for the virulence or invasiveness of V.

Vibrio vulnificus in Taiwan

Characterization of anthrolysin O, the Bacillus anthracis cholesterol-dependent cytolysin.

Ruling out Bacillus anthracis

Moreover, STEC strains almost invariably harbor a 97-kb plasmid encoding possible additional virulence traits such as STEC hemolysin (which acts as a pore-forming cytolysin on eukaryotic cells [7]); the bifunctional catalase peroxidase KatP (8); a secreted serine protease (espP, which can cleave human coagulation factor V [9]); and the etpD gene cluster (which probably encodes a type II secretion pathway [10, 11]).

Prevalence and genetic profiling of virulence determinants of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from cattle, beef, and humans, Calcutta, India. (Research)