Repair of ionizing-radiation damage in the radiation resistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Minton, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deinococcus radiodurans; Desiccation; Double strand break; Holliday junction; Ionizing radiation; irrB; irrI; recA; Reciprocal and non reciprocal homologous recombination

Indexed keywords

DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; IONIZING RADIATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS;

EID: 0029966418     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8777(95)00014-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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