| protein oxidation: key to bacterial desiccation resistance? | for extremely ionizing radiation-resistant bacteria, survival has been attributed to protection of proteins from oxidative damage during irradiation, with the result that repair systems survive and function with far greater efficiency during recovery than in sensitive bacteria. here we examined the relationship between survival of dry-climate soil bacteria and the level of cellular protein oxidation induced by desiccation. bacteria were isolated from surface soils of the shrub-steppe of the us d ... | 2008 | 18273068 |