Analysis of DNA Repair and Protection in the Tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus and Hypsibius dujardini after Exposure to UVC Radiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Horikawa, Daiki D ^a,b   Cumbers, John ^a,c   Sakakibara, Iori ^d,e   Rogoff, Dana ^a   Leuko, Stefan ^a,k   Harnoto, Raechel ^f   Arakawa, Kazuharu ^g   Katayama, Toshiaki ^h   Kunieda, Takekazu ^h   Toyoda, Atsushi ⁱ   Fujiyama, Asao ^j   Rothschild, Lynn J ^a,b,c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Virtual Planetary Laboratory Lead Team   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

^k GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; THYMINE; PYRIMIDINE DIMER; WATER;

ANHYDROBIOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DESICCATION; DNA REPAIR; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDRATION; HYPSIBIUS DUJARDINI; NONHUMAN; PHRA GENE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RAMAZZOTTIUS VARIEORNATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TARDIGRADA; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; HYPSIBIUS DUJARDINI; RAMAZZOTTIUS; TARDIGRADA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DESICCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TARDIGRADA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 84878780918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064793     Document Type: Article

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