Medical Definition of Cereolysin

1. Cytolytic (haemolytic) toxin released by Bacillus cereus. Inactivated by oxygen, reactivated by thiol reduction (hence thiol activated cytolysin). Binds to cholesterol in the plasma membrane and rearrangement of the toxin cholesterol complexes in the membrane leads to altered permeability. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cereolysin

ceremonialism
ceremonialisms
ceremonialist
ceremonialists
ceremonially
ceremonialness
ceremonials
ceremonies
ceremonious
ceremoniously
ceremoniousness
ceremony
cereologist
cereologists
cereology
cereolysin (current term)
cereopsis
cereous
ceresin
ceresine
ceresines
ceresins
cereus
cereuses
cerevisiae
cerge
cerges
ceria
cerian
cerias

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