The repair of ultraviolet light-induced DNA damage in the halophilic archaebacteria, Halobacterium cutirubrum, Halobacterium halobium and Haloferax volcanii

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-32

  McCready, Shirley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 4 photoproduct; Archaea; Halobacterium; Haloferax; Repair; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 0030565497     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8777(96)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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