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MeSH Heading: Lysogeny
Tree Number(s): G05.935.500; G06.920.877.500
Unique ID: D008242
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008242
Annotation: for bacteriophages only
Scope Note: The phenomenon by which a temperate phage incorporates itself into the DNA of a bacterial host, establishing a kind of symbiotic relation between PROPHAGE and bacterium which results in the perpetuation of the prophage in all the descendants of the bacterium. Upon induction (VIRUS ACTIVATION) by various agents, such as ultraviolet radiation, the phage is released, which then becomes virulent and lyses the bacterium.
Entry Term(s): Integration, Prophage; Prophage Integration
NLM Classification #: QW 161
Previous Indexing: Bacteria (1966-1967); Bacteriolysis (1966-1967); Bacteriophages (1966-1967); specific bacteriophage (1966-1967); specific bacterium (1966-1967)
See Also: Prophages; Virus Activation
Public MeSH Note: 70
History Note: 70(68)
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0012840
Scope Note: The phenomenon by which a temperate phage incorporates itself into the DNA of a bacterial host, establishing a kind of symbiotic relation between PROPHAGE and bacterium which results in the perpetuation of the prophage in all the descendants of the bacterium. Upon induction (VIRUS ACTIVATION) by various agents, such as ultraviolet radiation, the phage is released, which then becomes virulent and lyses the bacterium.
Terms: Lysogeny Preferred Term
Term UI T024566
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1968); Integration, Prophage
Term UI T024567
Date11/09/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Prophage Integration
Term UI T024568
Date05/23/1979
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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