Radiation sensitivity of Bacillus cereus with and without a crystalline surface protein layer

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Kotiranta, Anja K ^a   Ito, Hitoshi ^b   Haapasalo, Markus P P ^c   Lounatmaa, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Atomic Energy Research Institute   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Function of an S layer; Radiation sensitivity

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DNA DAMAGE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GAMMA RAYS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032823988     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00422-X     Document Type: Article

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