Quantification of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers induced by UVB radiation in conidia of the fungi aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus nidulans, Metarhizium acridum and Metarhizium robertsii

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1259-1266

  Nascimento, Érika ^a   Da Silva, Sergio H ^a   Dos Reis Marques, Everaldo ^a   Roberts, Donald W ^b   Braga, Gilberto U L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA DAMAGE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENETICS; GERMINATION; METARHIZIUM; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, FUNGAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GERMINATION; METARHIZIUM; PIGMENTATION; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; SPORES, FUNGAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM;

EID: 78649678447     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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