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Genetic Phenomena > Virus Integration > Lysogeny
Microbiological Phenomena > Virus Physiological Phenomena > Virus Integration > Lysogeny

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Lysogeny  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Integration, Prophage
  • Integrations, Prophage
  • Prophage Integration
  • Prophage Integrations

Note

  • for bacteriophages only

Scope note

  • The phenomenon by which a temperate phage incorporates itself into the DNA of a bacterial host, establishing a kind of symbiotic relation between PROPHAGE and bacterium which results in the perpetuation of the prophage in all the descendants of the bacterium. Upon induction (VIRUS ACTIVATION) by various agents, such as ultraviolet radiation, the phage is released, which then becomes virulent and lyses the bacterium.

History note

  • 70(68)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008242

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