Pseudolysogeny
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pseudolysogeny is a noun meaning (biology) An interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.
Meaning
(biology) An interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lysogen, pseudogene, pseudogenation, pseudoparasitism, bacteriostasis, pseudogenome.
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