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Photoreactivation of Ultraviolet-Irradiated, Plasmid-Bearing and Plasmid-Free Strains of Bacillus anthracis (2003)

Abstract
The effects of toxin- and capsule-encoding plasmids on the kinetics of UV inactivation of various strains of Bacillus anthracis were investigated. Plasmids pX01 and pX02 had no effect on bacterial UV sensitivity or photoreactivation. Vegetative cells were capable of photoreactivation, but photo-induced repair of UV damage absent in B. anthracis Sterne spores.

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Download http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA163073
Contributors ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INST OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FORT DETRICK MD
Repository Defense Technical Information Center OAI-PMH Repository (United States)
Keywords RADIOBIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, *ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION, *CHROMOSOMES, *RADIATION EFFECTS, *BACILLUS ANTHRACIS, DAMAGE, SENSITIVITY, SPORES, DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACIDS, STRAINS(BIOLOGY), KINETICS, MUTAGENS, BACTERIAL DISEASES, TOXINS AND ANTITOXINS, DIMERS, INACTIVATION, PYRIMIDINES., *PLASMIDS
Language eng