(from the article `virus`) This means of transferring genetic information, called lysogenic conversion, imparts genes with special functions to bacterial cells without such ...
Synonym for lysogeny ... <virology> The ability of some phages to survive in a bacterium as a result of the integration of their DNA into the host chromosome. The integrated DNA is termed a prophage. A regulator gene produces a repressor protein that suppresses the lytic activity of the phage, but various environmental factors, such as ultrav...
See lysogeny.
alteration of host characteristics or phenotypes due to the presence of phage