Bacteriophage interference in Streptococcus pyogenes. I. Characterization of prophage--host systems interfering with the virulent phage A25.
1978
D Behnke, and
H Malke
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D008242
Lysogeny
The phenomenon by which a temperate phage incorporates itself into the DNA of a bacterial host, establishing a kind of symbiotic relation between PROPHAGE and bacterium which results in the perpetuation of the prophage in all the descendants of the bacterium. Upon induction (VIRUS ACTIVATION) by various agents, such as ultraviolet radiation, the phage is released, which then becomes virulent and lyses the bacterium.
Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of bacteria.
Bacterial DNA
D004279
DNA, Viral
Deoxyribonucleic acid that makes up the genetic material of viruses.
Viral DNA
D001435
Bacteriophages
Viruses whose hosts are bacterial cells.
Phages,Bacteriophage,Phage
D013297
Streptococcus pyogenes
A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria isolated from skin lesions, blood, inflammatory exudates, and the upper respiratory tract of humans. It is a group A hemolytic Streptococcus that can cause SCARLET FEVER and RHEUMATIC FEVER.
Flesh-Eating Bacteria,Streptococcus Group A,Bacteria, Flesh-Eating
D014762
Viral Interference
A phenomenon in which infection by a first virus results in resistance of cells or tissues to infection by a second, unrelated virus.