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Small acid-soluble proteins with intrinsic disorder are required for UV resistance in Myxococcus xanthus spores.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2011
Dahl John L, Fordice Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial sporulation in Gram-positive bacteria results in small acid-soluble proteins called SASPs that bind to DNA and prevent the damaging effects of UV radiation. Orthologs of Bacillus subtilis genes encoding SASPs can be found in many sporulating and nonsporulating bacteria, but they are noticeably absent from spore-forming, Gram-negative Myxococcus xanthus. This is despite the fact that M. xanthus can form...
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