| invasin | <enzyme> Enzyme that degrades hyaluronic acid, found in lysosomes. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| invasins | Proteins produced by bacterial cells that promote bacterial penetration into mammalian cells. The invasin produced by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis seems to bind to the fibronectin receptor (_5 _1 integrin) at a site close to the fibronectin binding site, though the invasin does not have an RGD sequence. (18 Nov 1997) |