"Deinococcus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of gram-positive aerobic cocci found in the soil, that is highly resistant to radiation, especially ionizing radiation (RADIATION, IONIZING). Deinococcus radiodurans is the type species.
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D034301
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.400.200
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Deinococcus" by people in Profiles.
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Pan J, Wang J, Zhou Z, Yan Y, Zhang W, Lu W, Ping S, Dai Q, Yuan M, Feng B, Hou X, Zhang Y, Ma R, Liu T, Feng L, Wang L, Chen M, Lin M. IrrE, a global regulator of extreme radiation resistance in Deinococcus radiodurans, enhances salt tolerance in Escherichia coli and Brassica napus. PLoS One. 2009; 4(2):e4422.
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Brim H, Osborne JP, Kostandarithes HM, Fredrickson JK, Wackett LP, Daly MJ. Deinococcus radiodurans engineered for complete toluene degradation facilitates Cr(VI) reduction. Microbiology (Reading). 2006 Aug; 152(Pt 8):2469-2477.
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Qin J, Song L, Brim H, Daly MJ, Summers AO. Hg(II) sequestration and protection by the MerR metal-binding domain (MBD). Microbiology (Reading). 2006 Mar; 152(Pt 3):709-719.
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Ghosal D, Omelchenko MV, Gaidamakova EK, Matrosova VY, Vasilenko A, Venkateswaran A, Zhai M, Kostandarithes HM, Brim H, Makarova KS, Wackett LP, Fredrickson JK, Daly MJ. How radiation kills cells: survival of Deinococcus radiodurans and Shewanella oneidensis under oxidative stress. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2005 Apr; 29(2):361-75.
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Brim H, Venkateswaran A, Kostandarithes HM, Fredrickson JK, Daly MJ. Engineering Deinococcus geothermalis for bioremediation of high-temperature radioactive waste environments. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Aug; 69(8):4575-82.