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The PprA protein is required for accurate cell division of γ-irradiated Deinococcus radiodurans bacteria.
DNA repair - 1 Apr 2013
Devigne Alice, Mersaoui Sofiane, Bouthier-de-la-Tour Claire, Sommer Suzanne, Servant Pascale
Abstract excerpt
Deinococcus radiodurans, one of the most radioresistant organisms known to date is able to reconstruct an intact genome from hundreds of DNA fragments. Here, we investigate the in vivo role of PprA, a radiation-induced Deinococcus specific protein. We report that DNA double strand break repair in cells devoid of PprA and exposed to 3800Gy γ-irradiation takes place efficiently with a delay of only 1h as compared...
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