Transduction
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- The transfer of DNA sequences from one bacterium to another via lysogenic infection by a bacteriophage (transducing phage).
Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn - Cite This Source - This Definition - 1. Genetic: the transfer by means of a viral vector of a DNA sequence from one cell to another. 2. Signal: any process that helps to produce biological responses to events in the environment (e.g. transduction of hormone binding into cellular events by hormone receptors).
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - bacteriophage, Bacteriophage (phage or phage particle), lambda phage, Phage (particle), Transducing phage, virulent phage