Isolation and characterization of nucleotide excision repair deficient mutants of the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Chelico, Linda ^a   Khachatourians, George G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Entomopathogenic fungi; Nucleotide excision repair; Thymine dimers; Ultraviolet radiation; UV sensitive mutants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; DISORDERS OF DNA SYNTHESIS AND REPAIR; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR-DEFICIENCY DISORDERS; GENES, FUNGAL; MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEAUVERIA; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI;

EID: 42649117843     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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