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Class of substances which dissolve bacterial cell walls

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One of the serum substances which is part of the dissolution process of bacteria, the enzymes will promote the dissolution of the bacterial cell wall and cause the death of the bacteria.

Bacteriolysin probably functions by deregulating lipoteichoic acid (LTA) in Gram-positive bacteria and phospholipids in Gram-negative bacteria.

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1101101.x/abstract;jsessionid=C40F7DA658C09C4F8491ACD72F89E9B7.f04t04

Lymphocytic adaptive immune system and complement

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Immunity vs. tolerance	Action: Immunity Autoimmunity Alloimmunity Allergy Hypersensitivity Inflammation Cross-reactivity Co-stimulation Inaction: Tolerance Central Peripheral Clonal anergy Clonal deletion Tolerance in pregnancy Immunodeficiency Immune privilege
Immunogenetics	Affinity maturation Somatic hypermutation Clonal selection V(D)J recombination Junctional diversity Immunoglobulin class switching MHC/HLA

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