lysogenic cycle

noun

A form of viral reproduction involving the fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host, followed by proliferation of the resulting prophage

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Meanings

nounlysogenic cycle (plural lysogenic cycles)

plural lysogenic cycles

  1. biologyA form of viral reproduction involving the fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host, followed by proliferation of the resulting prophage
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