Resistance to UV-B induced DNA damage in extreme-tolerant cryptoendolithic Antarctic fungi: Detection by PCR assays

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 937-944

  Selbmann, Laura ^a   Isola, Daniela ^a   Zucconi, Laura ^a   Onofri, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black meristematic fungi; DNA damage; PCR; RAPD; UV B resistance

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOLITHON; FUNGUS; GENOME; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; INHIBITION; IRRADIATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; YEAST;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEDIMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

CRYOMYCES; CRYOMYCES ANTARCTICUS; CRYOMYCES MINTERI; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES PASTORIANUS;

EID: 80053181954     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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