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Acyl-homoserine lactones can induce virus production in lysogenic bacteria: an alternative paradigm for prophage induction.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2009
Ghosh Dhritiman, Roy Krishnakali, Williamson Kurt E, Srinivasiah Sharath, Wommack K Eric, Radosevich Mark
Abstract excerpt
Prophage typically are induced to a lytic cycle under stressful environmental conditions or when the host's survival is threatened. However, stress-independent, spontaneous induction also occurs in nature and may be cell density dependent, but the in vivo signal(s) that can trigger induction is u...
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