NHEJ protects mycobacteria in stationary phase against the harmful effects of desiccation

DNA Repair

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1271-1276

  Pitcher, Robert S ^a   Green, Andrew J ^a   Brzostek, Anna ^b   Korycka Machala, Malgorzata ^b   Dziadek, Jaroslaw ^b   Doherty, Aidan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Desiccation; DNA repair; Ku; Mycobacteria; NHEJ

Indexed keywords

KU ANTIGEN; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIFE CYCLE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

CELL SURVIVAL; DESICCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; RADIATION, IONIZING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 34547842081     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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