| lysosome |
A membrane-bound sac within the cytoplasm of animal cells that contains enzymes responsible for the digestion of material in food vacuoles, the dissolution of foreign particles entering the cell and, on the death of the cell, the breaking down of all cell structures. The digestive system of the cell.
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| lysogen |
A bacterial strain that harbours the genome of a temperate bacteriophage.
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| lysogeny |
The ability of a phage to integrate into the bacterial DNA chromosome.
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| lysosome |
A eukaryotic organelle containing hydrolases active at pH 5. The enzymes break down particles ingested by vacuoles following fusion.
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| lysozyme |
An enzyme that hydrolyzes glycosidic linkages within peptidoglycans in prokaryote cell walls.
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