Artificial and solar UV radiation induces strand breaks and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in Bacillus subtilis spore DNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 199-205

  Slieman, Tony A ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; DNA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; OZONE DEPLETION; SOLAR RADIATION;

APURINIC SITE; APYRIMIDINIC SITE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0033987455     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.199-205.2000     Document Type: Article

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