I will survive: DNA protection in bacterial spores

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 172-180

  Setlow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMALL ACID SOLUBLE SPORE PROTEIN; BETA SMALL ACID SOLUBLE SPORE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; DIPICOLINIC ACID; DNA; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BINDING SITE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM;

EID: 34047126471     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.02.004     Document Type: Review

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