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| | BioEd Online Slides: lytic, viruses, lysogenic, virulent phage, DNA |
 | | After assembly, new viral offspring particles are released when the host cell disintegrates, or "lyses." In the lysogenic cycle, viral genomes remain dormant for long periods of time inside the host cell. |
 | | On occasion, a switch from a lysogenic to a lytic cycle is triggered. |
 | | The study of temperate phages, and the process whereby the lysogenic or lytic pathway is activated, has led to fundamental discoveries in mechanisms that control the regulation of gene expression. |
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