Against all odds: The survival strategies of Deinococcus radiodurans

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue , 1997, Pages 203-224

  Battista, J R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Interchromosomal recombination; Ionizing radiation resistance; Regulatory checkpoints; UV resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ENDONUCLEASES; MICROCOCCUS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCI; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030755081     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.51.1.203     Document Type: Review

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