autolysin (Crossword)
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- Clue: Any agent producing autolysis
Answer: autolysin
Definitions of “autolysin”
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• An enzyme which causes the cell that made it to self-destruct
• A lysin within an organism that has the capacity to destroy cells or tissue from that organism
• (aw-tol´ĭ-sin) a lysin originating in an organism and capable of destroying its own cells and tissues
• An antibody that in the presence of complement causes lysis of the cells and tissues in the body of the individual in whom the lysin is formed
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