On the plausibility of a UV transparent biochemistry

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-274

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Airo, Alessandro ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archean; DNA; Photolyase; Pi electron; Tryptophan; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL; BIOGENESIS; CYTOCHROME-C OXIDASE; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; HUMAN; PROTEOME; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS;

AMINO ACID; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; PROTEOME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0036591538     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016507810083     Document Type: Article

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