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Adenine Glycosylase MutY of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis presents the antimutator phenotype and evidences of glycosylase/AP lyase activity in vitro.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2016
de Faria Rafael Cançado, Vila-Nova Liliane Gonçalves, Bitar Mainá, Resende Bruno Carvalho, Arantes Larissa Sousa, Rebelato Arnaldo Basso, Azevedo Vasco Ariston Carvalho, Franco Glória Regina, Machado Carlos Renato, Santos Luciana Lara Dos, de Oliveira Lopes Débora
Abstract excerpt
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the etiological agent of caseous lymphadenitis, a disease that predominantly affects small ruminants, causing significant economic losses worldwide. As a facultative intracellular pathogen, this bacterium is exposed to an environment rich in reactive oxygen species (ROS) within macrophages. To ensure its genetic stability, C. pseudotuberculosis relies on efficient DNA repair...
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