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Bacterial Cytolysins — Extracellular Proteins and Virulence Factors

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Molecular Basis of Viral and Microbial Pathogenesis

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Synthesis of hemolysis has been reported throughout a broad spectrum of gram-negative and gram-positive bacterial species. The in vitro action of hemolysins ultimately causes physical damage to a variety of eukaryotic cells. Bacterial products possessing such a membrane-damaging action have been termed cytolysins and for many of the hemolysins, a general cytolytic action on mammalian cells has been demonstrated.

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Kathariou, S. et al. (1987). Bacterial Cytolysins — Extracellular Proteins and Virulence Factors. In: Rott, R., Goebel, W. (eds) Molecular Basis of Viral and Microbial Pathogenesis. Colloquium der Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie 9.–11. April 1987 in Mosbach/Baden, vol 38. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73214-0_16

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