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A type or phase of the virus life cycle during which the virus integrates into the host chromosome of the infected cell, remaining essentially dormant for some period of time. See lysogen.
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| lysogeny |
A condition in which a bacteriophage genome (pro-phage) survives within a host bacterium, either as part of the host chromosome or as part of an extrachromosomal element, and does not initiate lytic functions.
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| lysogen |
A bacterial strain that harbours the genome of a temperate bacteriophage.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v4/n6/glossary/nrg1087_...
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| lysogeny |
The ability of a phage to integrate into the bacterial DNA chromosome.
Ãâó: www.genpromag.com/Glossary~LETTER~L.html
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| lysogenic |
A term describing a bacterium that contains a temperate phage in the prophage state. The bacterium is said to be lysogenic for that phage. On induction phage reproduction is initiated, progeny phages are produced, and the bacterial cell lyses.
Ãâó: www.modernhumanorigins.com/l.html
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