pseudolysogeny

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noun

An interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.

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Meanings

nounpseudolysogeny (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyAn interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.

    In pseudolysogeny, the host cell can mutate to an adhesion-impaired or deficient state (depicted by a wavy cell surface), whereby collisions result in a low success rate of infection.

    2001, John Paul, Marine Microbiology, page 106

Origin

From pseudo- + lysogeny.

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