Extremotolerant tardigrade genome and improved radiotolerance of human cultured cells by tardigrade-unique protein
Takuma Hashimoto, Daiki D. Horikawa, Yuki Saito and 25 more
Nature Communications · 2016
doi:10.1038/ncomms12808 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
Tardigrades are resistant to extreme environmental conditions including dehydration, radiation and the vacuum of space. Here the authors present a high-quality genome which displays minimal horizontal gene transfer, and identify the unique tardigrade protein Dsup which suppresses DNA damage.
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