From prophage to lysis: Bacteriophage Lambda

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Across
  1. 3. Process of joining lambda DNA into bacterial chromosome
  2. 6. A virus that infects bacteria
  3. 11. Results in new genetic combinations
  4. 12. Site on lambda DNA where CI and Cro compete to bind
  5. 13. Circular area where phage-infected bacteria are lysed
  6. 15. Protein that protects lambda lysogen from further phage infection
  7. 17. The decision between lysogeny and the lytic pathway is influenced by this state
  8. 21. Type of RNA synthesis past termination signals
Down
  1. 1. Small protein that inhibits proteolysis of CII
  2. 2. Molecular function involved in protein destruction
  3. 4. DNA element on phage genome that integrates with attB site
  4. 5. Term for biological systems where phages regulate infection outcomes
  5. 7. Bacterial enzyme that transcribes viral genes
  6. 8. Viral lifecycle resulting in host cell destruction
  7. 9. Protein that acts as co-protease with RecA during induction
  8. 10. Operator-binding protein maintaining lysogeny
  9. 13. The promoter that drives early lytic gene expression
  10. 14. Site where lambda integrates on the bacterial genome
  11. 15. Bacteriophage-encoded protein that promotes lytic cycle entry after UV damage
  12. 16. Type of RNA molecule that binds complementary mRNA to block translation
  13. 18. Protein expressed early in infection, blocks CI synthesis
  14. 19. Enzyme that recombines lambda genome into the host
  15. 20. The ability of a lysogen to resist reinfection