Multiple Photolyases Protect the Marine Cyanobacterium <i>Synechococcus</i> from Ultraviolet Radiation

Allissa M. Haney, Joseph E. Sanfilippo, Laurence Garczarek, Frédéric Partensky, David M. Kehoe

mBio · 2022 · 11 citations · 87 references

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Cells use DNA photolyases to protect their DNA from the damaging effects of UV radiation. Marine cyanobacteria possess many genes that appear to encode photolyases, but the function of the proteins encoded by these genes is unclear.

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