establishment of viral latency

Term ID

GO:0019043

Synonyms

• lysogenic commitment
• phage lysogeny

Definition

A process by which a virus establishes a latent state within its host, either as an integrated provirus within the host genome or as an episome, where viral genome remains in the cytoplasm or nucleus as distinct objects.

References

Ontology

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