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Nature 443, 517-519 (5 October 2006) | doi:10.1038/443517b; Published online 4 October 2006
Microbiology: Resurrecting a broken genome
Susan T. Lovett1
Abstract
A remarkable bacterium can survive extraordinary doses of ionizing radiation that shatter its genome into thousands of pieces. How does it accurately reassemble these DNA fragments into an intact genome?
Aficionados of DNA repair can't help but be impressed by the small but mighty bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans. When its genome is smashed into thousands of little pieces by ionizing radiation, D. radiodurans
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