Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Radiation

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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.