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- noun Conversion into a
lysogenic form - noun
lysogeny
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- noun the process by which a bacterium acquires a phage that becomes integrated into its genome
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Using a process called lysogenization, scientists used bacteriophages, viruses that can infect bacteria, to invade resistant bacterial cells and restore their sensitivity to antibiotics.
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Together we carried out a series of studies demonstrating the sequential action of the P22 C-genes which controlled lysogenization.
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