Microbial radiation-resistance mechanisms

Melanin is effective in protecting fast and slow growing fungi from various types of ionizing radiation

(2017) Claudia Pacelli et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transcriptome sequencing analysis of novel sRNAs of Kineococcus radiotolerans in response to ionizing radiation

(2016) Zhouwei Chen et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Engineering Synthetic Multistress Tolerance in Escherichia coli by Using a Deinococcal Response Regulator, DR1558

(2015) Deepti Appukuttan et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Deep sequencing analysis of the Kineococcus radiotolerans transcriptome in response to ionizing radiation

(2015) Lufeng Li et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Effects of intracellular Mn on the radiation resistance of the halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum

(2013) Kimberly M. Webb et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

DNA Damage by the Direct Effect of Ionizing Radiation: Products Produced by Two Sequential One-Electron Oxidations

(2013) David M. Close et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Radiation-resistant extremophiles and their potential in biotechnology and therapeutics

(2012) Prashant Gabani et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Preserving Immunogenicity of Lethally Irradiated Viral and Bacterial Vaccine Epitopes Using a Radio- Protective Mn2+-Peptide Complex from Deinococcus

(2012) Elena K. Gaidamakova et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Ionizing radiation-induced metabolic oxidative stress and prolonged cell injury

(2011) Edouard I. Azzam et al.   CANCER LETTERS

Death by protein damage in irradiated cells

(2011) Michael J. Daly   DNA REPAIR

The effects of gamma radiation, UV and visible light on ATP levels in yeast cells depend on cellular melanization

(2011) Ruth Bryan et al.   Fungal Biology

Effects of Mn levels on resistance of Bacillus megaterium spores to heat, radiation and hydrogen peroxide

(2011) S. Ghosh et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

A Major Role for Nonenzymatic Antioxidant Processes in the Radioresistance of Halobacterium salinarum

(2011) C. K. Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Oxidative Stress Resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans

(2011) D. Slade et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Protection of Melanized Cryptococcus neoformans from Lethal Dose Gamma Irradiation Involves Changes in Melanin's Chemical Structure and Paramagnetism

(2011) Abdelahad Khajo et al.   PLoS One

RecA protein assures fidelity of DNA repair and genome stability in Deinococcus radiodurans

(2010) Jelena Repar et al.   DNA REPAIR

Proteomic Identification of Carbonylated Proteins and Their Oxidation Sites

(2010) Ashraf G. Madian et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Small-Molecule Antioxidant Proteome-Shields in Deinococcus radiodurans

(2010) Michael J. Daly et al.   PLoS One

Probing in vivo Mn2+ speciation and oxidative stress resistance in yeast cells with electron-nuclear double resonance spectroscopy

(2010) R. L. McNaughton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Major Role of the RecFOR Pathway in DNA Double-Strand-Break Repair through ESDSA in Deinococcus radiodurans

(2010) Esma Bentchikou et al.   PLoS Genetics

Salt shield: intracellular salts provide cellular protection against ionizing radiation in the halophilic archaeon,Halobacterium salinarumNRC-1

(2009) A. Kish et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Recovery of ionizing-radiation damage after high doses of gamma ray in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus gammatolerans

(2009) Angels Tapias et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

DdrB Protein, an AlternativeDeinococcus radioduransSSB Induced by Ionizing Radiation

(2009) Cédric A. Norais et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A new perspective on radiation resistance based on Deinococcus radiodurans

(2009) Michael J. Daly   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Rules Governing Selective Protein Carbonylation

(2009) Etienne Maisonneuve et al.   PLoS One

Genome analysis and genome-wide proteomics of Thermococcus gammatolerans, the most radioresistant organism known amongst the Archaea

(2009) Yvan Zivanovic et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Intracellular Copper Accumulation Enhances the Growth of Kineococcus radiotolerans during Chronic Irradiation

(2008) C. E. Bagwell et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Basal DNA repair machinery is subject to positive selection in ionizing-radiation-resistant bacteria

(2008) Haïtham Sghaier et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Ionizing radiation: how fungi cope, adapt, and exploit with the help of melanin

(2008) Ekaterina Dadachova et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Rad50 Is Not Essential for the Mre11-Dependent Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1

(2008) A. Kish et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Involvement of a Protein Kinase Activity Inducer in DNA Double Strand Break Repair and Radioresistance of Deinococcus radiodurans

(2008) Y. S. Rajpurohit et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Manganous Phosphate Acts as a Superoxide Dismutase

(2008) Kevin Barnese et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Deinococcus radioduransPprI Switches on DNA Damage Response and Cellular Survival Networks after Radiation Damage

(2008) Huiming Lu et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Survival in Nuclear Waste, Extreme Resistance, and Potential Applications Gleaned from the Genome Sequence of Kineococcus radiotolerans SRS30216

(2008) Christopher E. Bagwell et al.   PLoS One