The two major spore DNA repair pathways, nucleotide excision repair and spore photoproduct lyase, are sufficient for the resistance of Bacillus subtilis spores to artificial UV-C and UV-B but not to solar radiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2221-2227

  Xue, Yaming ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; NONHUMAN; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029937315     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2221-2227.1996     Document Type: Article

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