Extreme halophilic archaea, like Haloferax volcanii, which thrive in hypersaline environments, are subject to intense UV irradiation in their natural habitats; however, the mechanisms underlying their superb tolerance to UV-induced cytotoxic DNA lesions, mainly cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (Pyr
Date of Award | 1 Oct 2009 |
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Original language | English |
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Supervisor | David Hough (Supervisor) & Momna Hejmadi (Supervisor) |
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A Putative Photolyase from
Haloferax volcaniiWu, W. (Author). 1 Oct 2009
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD