Phage integration alters the respiratory strategy of its host
Temperate bacteriophages are viruses that can incorporate their genomes into their bacterial hosts, existing there as prophages that refrain from killing the host cell until induced. Prophages are largely quiescent, but they can alter host phenotype through factors encoded in their genomes (often vi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2019-10-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/49081 |