LYSOGENIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lysogenic mean? 

• LYSOGENIC (adjective)
  The adjective LYSOGENIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to lysogeny

2. capable of producing or undergoing lysis

  Familiarity information: LYSOGENIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYSOGENIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to lysogeny

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

lysogeny (the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material)

Derivation:

lysogenicity; lysogeny (the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capable of producing or undergoing lysis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

lysis ((biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria)

Derivation:

lysogenicity (the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material)

 Context examples 

CRE Recombinase catalyses site-specific recombination between two 34 base pair loxp sites and maintains the phage genome as a monomeric unit-copy plasmid in the lysogenic state.

(CRE Recombinase, NCI Thesaurus)