Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2004CB19604);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30330020);the National Science fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Grant No. 30425038)
The conclusion based on transmission electron microscopy, "the tightly packed ring-like nucleoid of the Deinococcus radiodurans R1 is a key to radioresistance", has instigated lots of debates. In this study, according...