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ly·sog·e·ny    Audio Help   [lahy-soj-uh-nee] Pronunciation Key
–noun Microbiology.
the state of being lysogenic.
[Origin: 1955–60; lyso(genic) + -geny]
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ly·sog·e·ny    Audio Help   (lī-sŏj'ə-nē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host bacterium so that the potential exists for the newly integrated genetic material to be transmitted to daughter cells at each subsequent cell division.

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lysogeny

noun
the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny" 

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lysogeny ly·sog·e·ny (lī-sŏj'ə-nē)
n.
The fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host bacterium so that the potential exists for the newly integrated genetic material to be transmitted to daughter cells at each subsequent cell division.

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Main Entry: ly·sog·e·ny
Pronunciation: lI-'säj-&-nE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nies
: the stateof being lysogenic

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