Chromatin organization and radio resistance in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1439-1445

  Lieber, Arnon ^a   Leis, Andrew ^b   Kushmaro, Ariel ^a   Minsky, Abraham ^c   Medalia, Ohad ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FRESH WATER; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; FROZEN SECTION; GEMMATA OBSCURIGLOBUS; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEMMATA; GEMMATA OBSCURIGLOBUS; PLANCTOMYCETES;

BACTERIA; CHROMATIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 62649088069     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01513-08     Document Type: Article

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