regulates viral process release from viral latency latency-replication decision VZ:3964 GO:0098689 dos 2017-02-28T11:24:26Z prophage induction proviral induction lytic switch biological_process The process by which a virus switches on its replication cycle in an infected cell. The process is typically controlled by a genetic switch controlled by environmental factors such as cell type, cell shape, the availability of nutrients, superinfection or exposure of infected cells to UV or various chemical stimuli. reactivation of latent virus proviral switch Latency-replication switch