Warning: The NCBI web site requires JavaScript to function. more...
Generate a file for use with external citation management software.
Department of Microbiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA.
Forty-one ionizing radiation-sensitive strains of Deinococcus radiodurans were evaluated for their ability to survive 6 weeks of desiccation. All exhibited a substantial loss of viability upon rehydration compared with wild-type D. radiodurans. Examination of chromosomal DNA from desiccated cultures revealed a time-dependent increase in DNA damage, as measured by an increase in DNA double-strand breaks. The evidence presented suggests that D. radiodurans' ionizing radiation resistance is incidental, a consequence of this organism's adaptation to a common physiological stress, dehydration.
Your browsing activity is empty.
Activity recording is turned off.
Turn recording back on