Insufficient levels of cII protein fail to activate cI expression from Pre.
Insufficient levels of cII protein fail to activate cI expression from Pre. Without cI, L and R transcripts are synthesized after antitermination, leading to the accumulation of protein Q which acts as an antiterminator allowing expression of late genes for replication, capsid synthesis, and the rupture of the cell by osmotic shock. For 10 points, name this cycle by which viruses infect host cells, use them to replicate, and eventually cause them to rupture, whose name comes from the Greek for "loosening."
Insufficient levels of cII protein fail to activate cI expression from Pre.
{Lytic} Cycle (prompt on {lysis}, the process of rupturing a cell via osmotic shock.)