Salt shield: Intracellular salts provide cellular protection against ionizing radiation in the halophilic archaeon, Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1066-1078

  Kish, A ^a   Kirkali, G ^b,c   Robinson, C ^a   Rosenblatt, R ^a   Jaruga, P ^b   Dizdaroglu, M ^b   Diruggiero, J ^a,d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; IRON; MANGANESE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; IONIZING RADIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; IRON; MANGANESE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SALTS;

ARCHAEA; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOBACTERIUM SP. NRC-1; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 65349093916     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01828.x     Document Type: Article

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