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Review
. 2000 Mar 9;10(5):R204-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00353-5.

Radiation resistance: the fragments that remain

J R Battista  1
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Review

Radiation resistance: the fragments that remain

J R Battista. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

The complete genome sequence of the bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans R1 has been released. This achievement will greatly aid efforts to study this organism, but analysis of the sequence reveals little that helps explain the extreme ionizing radiation resistance of this species.

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