or replicate and kill the host (lysis).

Introduction

cII is the central "switchman" in the lambda phage bistable genetic switch, allowing environmental and cellular conditions to factor into the decision to lysogenize or to lyse its host. cII acts as a transcriptional activator of three promoters on the phage genome: pI, pRE, and pAQ. cII is an unstable protein

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