lambda phage repressor protein control the prophage's lytic genes. true or false. explain your answer
Ans : True.
Explanatin :
Lambda phages infect bacterial cells through two different pathways : Lytic cycle and Lysogenic cycle.
In lytic cycle, the phage DNA utilizes bacterial RNA polymerases to replicate and make multiple copies of its genome which enables the production of numerous new phages that causes the cell to rupture, releasing the newly assembled phages out of the bacterial cell.
In lysogenic cycle, the replication and protein formation mechanism is inhibited by repressor gene C1 present on the phage genome. Reprossor genes produce C1 protein which binds with and inactivates lytic cycle genes involved in phage DNA replication and translation. Consequently, the phage DNA remains in the bacterial genome to form a prophage and is carried through several generations of the bacterial cell until it enters back the lttic cyle later on.
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