Effects of forespore-specific overexpression of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease Nfo on the DNA-damage resistance properties of Bacillus subtilis spores

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-165

  Barraza Salas, Marcelo ^a   Ibarra Rodríguez, Juan R ^a   Mellado, Silvia J ^a   Salas Pacheco, José M ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b   Pedraza Reyes, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; DNA protection; DNA repair; Spore resistance; Spores

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BETA TYPE SMALL ACID SOLUBLE SPORE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; PROTEIN NFO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; DNA DAMAGE; EXOA GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NFO GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPORE GERMINATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 74049134025     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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