"Lysogeny" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008242
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.935.500 G06.920.877.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Lysogeny- Lysogeny
- Prophage Integration
- Integration, Prophage
- Integrations, Prophage
- Prophage Integrations
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