Don't worry, it should be. Your epidermis is the top part of your skin, and your skin is your body's largest and fastest-growing organ. Skin is your body's coat. It protects you. It helps you stay warm when it's cold, and cool when it's hot. Your skin keeps all your insides in, from your heart and lungs to your blood and muscles.
In the other population of cells, the injected phage chromosome turns OFF all the phage genes except one. The single phage chromosome called the prophage now becomes a part of the host chromosome. The bacterium carrying the dormant phage chromosome is called the lysogen.
The phage reproductive cycle that kills the bacterial host cell is a _____ cycle, and a phage... lytic ... virulent. In the lytic life cycle of phages _____. the cell typically dies, releasing many copies of the virus. Restriction enzymes help defend bacteria against viral infections by _____. cutting viral DNA once it has entered the cell. A phage that inserts itself into the host DNA is called _____. lysogenic. A prophage is a(n) _____.