DNA double-strand break repair at -15°C

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 7662-7668

  Dieser, Markus ^a   Battista, John R ^a   Christner, Brent C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS; DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; MICROBIAL SURVIVAL; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; PERMAFROST ENVIRONMENT; REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE;

BACTERIA; GENES; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERMAFROST; REPAIR;

DNA;

CHROMOSOME; DNA; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENOME; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; ICE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGEN; PERMAFROST; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; COLD; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; IONIZING RADIATION; METABOLISM; PSYCHROBACTER; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; PSYCHROBACTER; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 84888250339     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02845-13     Document Type: Article

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