Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Radiation

From 2012.igem.org

(Difference between revisions)
Line 13: Line 13:
</div>
</div>
</html>
</html>
 +
{{:Team:Stanford-Brown/Templates/Content}}
{{:Team:Stanford-Brown/Templates/Content}}
-
=='''Desiccation''' ==
+
=='''Radiation''' ==
<html>
<html>
<i>Deinococcus radiodurans </i>
<i>Deinococcus radiodurans </i>

Revision as of 06:51, 29 September 2012


Radiation

Deinococcus radiodurans
This organism imports high levels of manganese, which has been shown to confer radiation resistance for unknown reasons. We are trying to isolate this manganese transporter, as well as its DNA repair mechanisms and superoxide scavengers.