Superinfection Immunity Terms

∞ generated and posted on 2015.12.29 ∞

Superinfection immunity is a means by which prophage-generated bacterial lysogens can resist infection by homoimmune temperate phages.

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cI / CI,  CI repressor,  cII / CII,  Clear mutant,  Clear-plaque mutant,  Coinfection,  Destructive infection,  Heteroimmune,  Homoimmunity,  Immunity,  Immunity group,  Immunity region,  Immunity type,  Lysogen,  Lysogeny,  Lysogenic cycle,  Lysogenic infection,  Lysogenic state,  Lysogenization,  Lytic-lysogeny decision,  Polylysogeny,  Prophage,  Repressor,  Resident prophage,  Restrictive host,  Restrictive infection,  Secondary infection,  Superinfection,  Superinfection immunity,  Temperate phage,  Virulent mutant,  Virulent phage, 

References: Little (2005) and Ptashne (2004).

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