Effects of UV radiation on photolyase and implications with regards to photoreactivation following low- and medium-pressure UV disinfection

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 327-328

  Hu, Jiangyong ^a   Puay, Hoon Quek ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DINUCLEOTIDES; PHOTOREACTIVATION; UV DISINFECTION;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PRESSURE; REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PRESSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 37849016356     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00013-07     Document Type: Article

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