Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134605173
Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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The differences between the bacteriophage lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle

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Bacteriophages are very small viral particles that infect bacterial host cells. The replication of phage DNA, transcription of phage genes, and translation, which produces phage proteins is dependent on a large number of enzymes and compounds found in host bacterial cells as bacteriophages are obligatory intracellular parasites. Bacteriophages use a variety of mechanisms to attack bacteria. Once attached to bacterial cell, bacteriophages commence a six-step process called lytic cycle in which the infection leads to the rupture of the host cell. Some groups of bacteriophages called temperate phages are capable of a temporary alternative life cycle which leads to the temporary integration of phage chromosome into the bacterial host chromosome. This integration process is called as lysogeny.

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