Radiation: Microbial evolution, ecology, and relevance to Mars missions

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-291

  Rothschild, Lynn J ^a   Cockell, Charles S ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; DNA damage; DNA repair; Evolution; Mars; Photosynthesis; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIA; BIOGENESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MARS; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SPACE FLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0033381491     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(99)00140-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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