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Table 5 Comparison of general repair pathways in DR and TT

From: Comparative genomics of Thermus thermophilus and Deinococcus radiodurans: divergent routes of adaptation to thermophily and radiation resistance

DNA repair pathways

TT

DR

DR – direct damage reversal

11

26

BER – base excision repair

10

15

NER – nucleotide excision repair

9

10

mMM – methylation-dependent mismatch repair

7

6

MM – mismatch repair

-

2

MMY – mutY-dependent repair

1

1

VSP – very short path mismatch repair

2

5

RER – recombinational repair

13

15

SOS repair

5

5

MP – multiple pathways

4

4

Total number (Genome fraction)

62 (2.8%)

89 (2.5%)