Endolysin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Endolysin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any endogenous lysin.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any endogenous lysin.
Example Sentences
Some phages lyse their hosts using a holin-endolysin system; however, in others, there is no interaction between the holin and the endolysin genes in host lysis [ 47 ].
Word Forms
- endolysins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include entolysin, pseudolysin, cohemolysin, antilysin, autolysin, halolysin.
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