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[Construction of a dps mutant and its functional analysis in Deinococcus radiodurans].
Wei sheng wu xue bao = Acta microbiologica Sinica - 1 Aug 2007
Yan Zhuo-yan, Xu Zhen-jian, Xu Guang-zhi, Tian Bing, Hua Yue-jin
Abstract excerpt
Dps (DNA protection during starvation) is a member of the iron-binding protein family in prokaryotes. It has been shown previously that Dps possesses ferroxidase activity and the ability to sequester iron that seems to protect DNA from oxidative damage. Based on the method of Polymerase Chain Reaction and homologous genetic recombination in vivo, the gene (DRB0092) encoding a Dps protein homology in the extremely...
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