Characterization of pathways dependent on the uvsE, uvrA1, or uvrA2 gene product for UV resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3693-3697

  Tanaka, Masashi ^a,b,d   Narumi, Issay ^b   Funayama, Tomoo ^b   Kikuchi, Masahiro ^b   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^b   Matsunaga, Tsukasa ^c   Nikaido, Osamu ^c   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAKASAKI ADVANCED RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTANE; ENDONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN UVRA1; PROTEIN UVRA2; PROTEIN UVSE; PYRIMIDINE; PYRIMIDINE DIMER; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEINOCOCCUS; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS;

EID: 18944368405     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3693-3697.2005     Document Type: Article

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