holin
English
Noun
holin (plural holins)
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{{rfdef}}.- 2001 December 7, Jutta M. Loeffler et al., “Rapid Killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae with a Bacteriophage Cell Wall Hydrolase”[1], Science, volume 294, number 5549, DOI:10.1126/science.1066869, pages 2170-2172:
- All known pneumococcal phages contain a cell wall lytic system consisting of a holin that permeabilizes the cell membrane, and either an N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase (amidase) or a lysozyme, capable of digesting the pneumococcal cell wall (8 ).
- 2001 December 7, Jutta M. Loeffler et al., “Rapid Killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae with a Bacteriophage Cell Wall Hydrolase”[1], Science, volume 294, number 5549, DOI:10.1126/science.1066869, pages 2170-2172: