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Effect of a recD mutation on DNA damage resistance and transformation in Deinococcus radiodurans.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2007
Servinsky Matthew D, Julin Douglas A
Abstract excerpt
The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans is resistant to extremely high levels of DNA-damaging agents such as UV light, ionizing radiation, and chemicals such as hydrogen peroxide and mitomycin C. The organism is able to repair large numbers of double-strand breaks caused by ionizing radiation, in spite of the lack of the RecBCD enzyme, which is essential for double-strand DNA break repair in Escherichia coli and...
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