Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » L » Lyse

Lyse

Definition

verb

To induce lysis, or to cause dissolution or destruction of a cell membrane with lysin.


Supplement

Word origin: from lysis < from Latin lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις (“‘loosening’”).

Variants: lyze. Related forms: lysis (noun), lytic (adjective), lysed (simple past), lysing (present participle), lyses (simple present).


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Relationship between total protein and enzyme activity

... cocktail was Yatalase, which composing of Chitinase, Chitobiase, Chitosanase, beta-1,3-glucanase and Protease. I used the cocktail (10 mg/ml) to lyse 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, & 60% w/v of fungal concentration. After incubation time (60 mins), the supernatant was collected for determining total ...

See entire post
by schroddycat
Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:34 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Relationship between total protein and enzyme activity
Replies: 1
Views: 2371

Re:

... see several copies of different hemolysins (which is wierd because this should be a free living bacterium). Thats why I try to find out if it can lyse blood cells. Do you have any references which types of hemolysins are turned on in specific conditions? i.e. hemolysin XY is targeted against ZZZZ ...

See entire post
by triton
Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:53 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Black coloration of sheep blood agar
Replies: 3
Views: 3100

Re: About viral diseases...

... entities used in the treatment of bacterial diseases. Antibiotics target the cell wall and replicating proteins of the bacteria to destroy (lyse) them.

See entire post
by rtom
Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:59 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: About viral diseases...
Replies: 29
Views: 17952

Help on lysis via the complement system

That depends on kind of pathogen and stage of its pathogen cycle. The pathogen probably needs to complete some steps before it can lyse the cell, if you lyse it before that, the pathogen shouldn't survive.

See entire post
by JackBean
Wed May 02, 2012 10:21 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Help on lysis via the complement system
Replies: 2
Views: 1013

Help on lysis via the complement system

... and produce the membrane attack complex, which causes the formation of pores in the cell membrane of the infected cell, causing it to then lyse. However, I was wondering, isn't this somewhat like necrosis where the cell contents just "spill out"? Since the cell is infected, then ...

See entire post
by lokifenrir96
Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:00 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Help on lysis via the complement system
Replies: 2
Views: 1013
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 06:42, 18 August 2008. This page has been accessed 133,682 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link