aerolysin
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aerolysin
a channel-forming protein secreted by the human pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila. The cytolytic toxin is a dimer, but forms stable heptameric structures that insert into lipid bilayers to produce well-defined channels, leading to destruction of the membrane permeability barrier, and osmotic lysis.
| aerobiosis, aerobic, aerobe | |
| aerosol, afamin, afferent |
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