Open AccessA New Look at Bacteriophage λ Genetic Networks
Author(s) -
Donald L. Court,
Amos B. Oppenheim,
Sankar Adhya
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.01215-06
Subject(s) - biology , bacteriophage , genetics , computational biology , evolutionary biology , escherichia coli , gene
Bacteriophage λ is a temperate bacteriophage, meaning that it can reproduce and develop either in a lytic or lysogenic state. When λ infects its bacterial host Escherichia coli , the phage may develop lytically, causing cell lysis with the release of hundreds of progeny virus, or it may abort
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