Perfringolysin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of toxic cytolysins produced by Clostridium perfringens

    "The crystal structure of perfringolysin O (PDB: 1PFO) was used as a template for modelling."

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"The crystal structure of perfringolysin O (PDB: 1PFO) was used as a template for modelling."

Etymology

From Latin perfringens + -o- + lysin.

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