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Abstract
With a purified preparation of pneumococcal hemolysin, a sigmoid relationship was found to exist between lysin concentration and hemolytic activity. Hemolysis was inhibited by a high ratio of erythrocytes to lysin, suggesting a multi-hit mechanism of action. Reaction rate decreased rapidly with time, possibly due to competition between ghosts and unlysed erythrocytes for fixation of lysin. The effects of pH and various agents on the processes of lysin adsorption and hemoglobin release were determined. The pneumococcal preparation did not possess nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide glycohydrolase activity.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID: 4404668 PMCID: PMC422606 DOI: 10.1128/iai.6.5.755-760.1972
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441