Problems with the current deinococcal hypothesis: An alternative theory

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-45

  Sghaier, Haïtham ^a,b   Narumi, Issay ^a   Satoh, Katsuya ^a   Ohba, Hirofumi ^a   Mitomo, Hiroshi ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Desiccation adaptation hypothesis; Experiments; Radiation adaptation hypothesis; Terrestrial subsurface surveys

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DESICCATION; HYPOTHESIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

DEINOCOCCUS; EVOLUTION; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS;

EID: 34249698312     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-007-0004-x     Document Type: Article

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