Induction

Abedon, Stephen T.

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20173633

Induction: The conversion of a lysogenic infection into a productive infection.

Discussion

<p>Temperate phage life cycles involve multiple, often conflicting steps with the induction step being one that transitions the phage from a state in which their success is intimately tied to that of their bacterial host, over longer time frames, to a state in which they function instead explicitly as antibacerial antagonists.

This is the definition from Adams (1959), p. 440, "The transition from the prophage to the vegetative state in lysogenic bacteria, occurring spontaneously or after wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment" target="_blank" class="bap-term">experimental application of inducing agents."

For additional discussion and references, see Little (2005), Ptashne (2004), etc.

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References

Adams (1959). Bacteriophages. Interscience Publishers, New York.
Little (2005).
Ptashne (2004). A Genetic Switch. 3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

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Abedon, S.T. (2026). Phage Terms. https://terms.phage.org · 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

[1] Adams (1959). Bacteriophages. Interscience Publishers, New York.

[2] Little (2005).

[3] Ptashne (2004). A Genetic Switch. 3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

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