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The Deinococcus radiodurans SMC protein is dispensable for cell viability yet plays a role in DNA folding.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 Sept 2009
Bouthier de la Tour Claire, Toueille Magali, Jolivet Edmond, Nguyen Hong-Ha, Servant Pascale, Vannier Françoise, Sommer Suzanne
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Deinococcus radiodurans contains a highly condensed nucleoid that remains to be unaltered following the exposure to high doses of gamma-irradiation. Proteins belonging to the structural maintenance of chromosome protein (SMC) family are present in all organisms and were shown to be involved in ch...
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