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SUBMITTER: Pasternak C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2806898 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pasternak Cécile C Ton-Hoang Bao B Coste Geneviève G Bailone Adriana A Chandler Michael M Sommer Suzanne S
PLoS genetics 20100115 1
Stress-induced transposition is an attractive notion since it is potentially important in creating diversity to facilitate adaptation of the host to severe environmental conditions. One common major stress is radiation-induced DNA damage. Deinococcus radiodurans has an exceptional ability to withstand the lethal effects of DNA-damaging agents (ionizing radiation, UV light, and desiccation). High radiation levels result in genome fragmentation and reassembly in a process which generates significa ...[more]