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Phage lambda can undergo a lytic cycle or a lysogenic cycle where the phage DNA is integrated into the genome in the form of a prophage. In the case of lysogeny, what induces phage lambda to transition to the lytic cycle?

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Lysogeny cycle occurs when the viral genome integrate with host DNA and replicate along with it, the genome can also become established as a plasmid.

Phage lambda is induced into a transition cycle when the endogenous phase called prophage is activated.

They become activated when the host cell is not active as a result of deterioration this is where the reproductive cycle is initiated, resulting in lysis of the host cell..

The virus is reproduced in all of the cell’s offspring what lysogenic cycle allows for the survival of the his cell.

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