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| trans·ac·ti·va·tion [ tranz àkti váysh'n, transs àkti váysh'n ] |
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one virus's activation of another: the process whereby an infecting virus activates another virus's genes that are already integrated into the chromosome of the host bacterium, inducing the host cell to replicate the initial virus
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