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endolytic

endolytic adjective: relating to endolysis.

Adjective

endolytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to endolysis
    • Chitinase A (so-called VhChiA) is an endolytic enzyme responsible for the breakdown of insoluble chitin chains into small, soluble chitooligosaccharides [8 ,42 ], while chitoporin (so-called VhChiP), a sugar-specific porin located in the outer membrane of the bacterium, is responsible for...2016 February 13, “Probing the Catalytic Mechanism of Vibrio harveyi GH20 ?-N -Acetylglucosaminidase by Chemical Rescue”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of endolytic

From endo- + -lytic.

Words formed from endolytic

Questions about endolytic

What does endolytic mean?
Endolytic means relating to endolysis.
What part of speech is endolytic?
Endolytic is an adjective.

Words near endolytic in the dictionary

  1. endolysins
  2. endolysis
  3. endolysosomal
  4. endolysosome
  5. endolysosomes
  6. endolytic
  7. endolytically
  8. endomannanase
  9. endomannanases
  10. endomannosidase
  11. endomannosidases

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