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Base-change mutations induced by various treatments of Bacillus subtilis spores with and without DNA protective small, acid-soluble spore proteins.
Mutation research - 19 Jun 2002
del Carmen Huesca Espitia Luz, Caley Carol, Bagyan Irina, Setlow Peter
Abstract excerpt
Previous work has shown that spores of wild-type Bacillus subtilis are more resistant to killing by dry and wet heat, low vacuum lyophilization and hydrogen peroxide than are spores lacking the majority of their DNA protective alpha/beta-type small, acid-soluble spore proteins (SASP) (termed alpha(-)beta(-) spores). These four treatments kill alpha(-)beta(-) spores in large part by DNA damage with accompanying...
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