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MeSH Heading: Prophages
Tree Number(s): B04.123.655
Unique ID: D039002
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D039002
Annotation: coord IM with specific bacteriophage (IM)
Scope Note: Genomes of temperate BACTERIOPHAGES integrated into the DNA of their bacterial host cell. The prophages can be duplicated for many cell generations until some stimulus induces its activation and virulence.
Entry Term(s): Prophage
Previous Indexing: Bacteriophages (1965-2002)
See Also: Lysogeny; Proviruses
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2020/09/02

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Prophages MeSH Descriptor Data 2023