: a substance (such as an antibody) capable of causing lysis
Examples of lysin in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe effort that is furthest along, however, relies on a phage enzyme called a lysin rather than on whole phages.—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 26 May 2020 Other lysin drugs are in the pipeline at ContraFect and elsewhere.—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 26 May 2020
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