lysogeny

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
lysogeny
    n 1: the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a
         phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects
         a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be
         incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny"
         [syn: {lysogeny}, {lysogenicity}]
    

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