Ultraviolet-B-induced DNA damage and photorepair in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis PCC 7937

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 280-288

  Rastogi, Rajesh P ^a   Singh, Shailendra P ^b   Häder, Donat P ^b   Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; DNA damage; DNA strand breaks; Photoreactivation; Thymine dimers; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUOROMETRY; GENOMICS; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIATION; LESION; LIGHT EFFECT; SOLAR RADIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 80054021465     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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