High radiation and desiccation tolerance of nitrogen-fixing cultures of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 emanates from genome/proteome repair capabilities

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 71-81

  Singh, Harinder ^a   Anurag, Kirti ^a   Apte, Shree Kumar ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anabaena 7120; Desiccation tolerance; Genome repair; Radioresistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889871945     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-013-9936-9     Document Type: Article

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