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Lysogen


A lysogen is a bacterium carrying a prophage. Usually, although not always, the prophage is integrated site-specifically into the host genome although for some phages integration results from transposition. In some examples, the prophage may be propagated extrachromosomally, either as a circular or as a linear genome. Phage lytic genes are not acti [..]
Source: phagesdb.org (offline)




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