DNA photolyase homologs are the major UV resistance factors in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 264, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 924-930

  Ng, W O ^a   Pakrasi, H B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; DNA photolyase; DNA repair; Photoreactivation; UV stress

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0035097511     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380000383     Document Type: Article

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