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hemolysin

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he·mol·y·sin  (h-ml-sn, hm-l-)
n.
An agent or substance, such as an antibody or a bacterial toxin, that causes the destruction of red blood cells, thereby liberating hemoglobin.
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Noun1.hemolysin - any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin
erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, haemolysin
organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
streptolysin - any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus


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suis ST-7 expressed the proposed virulence markers muramidase-released protein (MRP), extracellular protein factor (EF), and hemolysin (named suilysin) (9-11) and was markedly more cytototoxic to human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) than a representative ST-1 strain.
Streptococcus suis sequence type 7 outbreak, Sichuan, China by Xu, Jianguo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
But for something as complex as hemolysin, I think Bayley's come up with a fabulous experimental system.
Controlling life's gateway; opening and closing cell membranes on ... by Lipkin, Richard / Science News
Strains that produce the thermostable direct hemolysin or the thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin, which are encoded by tdh and trh genes, respectively, are considered pathogenic.
Pandemic vibrio parahaemolyticus 03:K6, Europe by Pousa, Anxela / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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