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Characterization of gross genome rearrangements in Deinococcus radiodurans recA mutants.
Scientific reports - 25 May 2021
Repar Jelena, Zahradka Davor, Sović Ivan, Zahradka Ksenija
Abstract excerpt
Genome stability in radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans depends on RecA, the main bacterial recombinase. Without RecA, gross genome rearrangements occur during repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Long repeated (insertion) sequences have been identified as hot spots for ectopic recombination leading to genome rearrangements, and single-strand annealing (SSA) postulated to be the most likely mechanism...
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