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Mutagenic lesion bypass and two functionally different RecA proteins in Deinococcus deserti.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Oct 2009
Dulermo Rémi, Fochesato Sylvain, Blanchard Laurence, De Groot Arjan
Abstract excerpt
RecA is essential for extreme radiation tolerance in Deinococcus radiodurans. Interestingly, Sahara bacterium Deinococcus deserti has three recA genes (recA(C), recA(P1), recA(P3)) that code for two different RecA proteins (RecA(C), RecA(P)). Moreover, and in contrast to other sequenced Deinococcus species, D. deserti possesses homologues of translesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases, including ImuY and DnaE2....
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