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Viruses > Bacteriophages > Prophages

Preferred term

Prophages  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Prophage

Note

  • coord IM with specific bacteriophage (IM)

Scope note

  • Genomes of temperate BACTERIOPHAGES integrated into the DNA of their bacterial host cell. The prophages can be duplicated for many cell generations until some stimulus induces its activation and virulence.

History note

  • 2003

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D039002

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